Dean P. Baquet is an American journalist. He has been the executive editor of The New York Times since May 14, 2014, reporting directly to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., the chairman and publisher. Between 2011 and 2014 Baquet was managing editor under the previous executive editor Jill Abramson. He is the first black American to serve as executive editor, the highest-ranking position in The New York Times newsroom. {Wikipedia}