Joseph Sexton

Joseph Sexton

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Joseph A. Sexton is an American journalist who has been the metropolitan news editor of "The New York Times" since 2006. Previously, he had been deputy metropolitan news editor since 2003.

As deputy metropolitan news editor for investigations and enterprise (a post he held until 2003), among the series he oversaw was one by Clifford J. Levy on the abuse of mentally ill adults in group homes in New York which won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2003. ["The Times Selects a Metro Editor." "The New York Times", 27 January 2006.]

Career

Sexton studied Irish politics, history and literature at the School of Irish Studies in Dublin, Ireland in 1980, then received a B.A. degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982.

In 1984 Sexton was a founding member of "The City Sun", an African American weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn that was founded by the late Andrew W. Cooper. The "City Sun" folded in 1996. He has also worked for the "Bergen Record", the "Syracuse Post-Standard" and United Press International.

Sexton joined the "Times" in 1987 as a sports reporter, covering major league baseball and the National Hockey League.

Sexton's other posts at the "Times" include:
* metropolitan reporter (1994-?)
* enterprise editor, Sports desk (1998-1999)

Bibliography

Anthologies

* McGuane, Thomas; and Stout, Glenn. "The Best American Sports Writing 1992." New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0395603404 ISBN 978-0395603406

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