Andrew Rosenthal

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Andrew Rosenthal (born 1956 in New Delhi, India) is an American journalist and editorial page editor of "The New York Times". Rosenthal is in charge of the paper's opinion pages, both in the newspaper and online. He oversees the editorial board, the Letters and Op-Ed departments, as well as the Editorial and Op-Ed sections of NYTimes.com. "The New York Times" maintains a separation between the editorial department of the paper and the news department. Rosenthal answers directly to the publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.

Rosenthal is the son of the former "New York Times" executive editor A.M. Rosenthal. [cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/opinion/17wed4.html
title=Editorial Observer: I Never Wrote for My Father
last=Rosenthal
first=Andrew
publisher="The New York Times"
date=2006-05-17
accessdate=2008-05-10]

Andrew Rosenthal became editorial page editor on January 8, 2007. He had previously been deputy editorial page editor since September 2003. Prior to that, Rosenthal had served as assistant managing editor for news and foreign editor of "The Times". He also served as national editor for six months in 2000, supervising coverage of the presidential elections and the post-election day recount, and as Washington editor. As a Washington correspondent, Rosenthal covered the Bush administration, the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections and the Persian Gulf War.

Prior to joining The Times in March 1987, Rosenthal worked at the Associated Press, where he served as Moscow bureau chief. Rosenthal graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A. degree in American history in 1978.

According to his Times biography, in 1964 Rosenthal won the 3rd Grade Spelling Bee at Public School 183 in Manhattan, on the word "necessary." [cite web
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/business/media/24askthetimes.html?pagewanted=all
work=The New York Times
title=Talk to The Times: Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal
date=2007-09-17
accessdate=2007-10-01]

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External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/editorial-board.html List of all current members of "The New York Times" editorial board, with capsule biographies]
* [http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=cfc87df81f75d643f2ee861d2b9de31a7617b1b7 Rosenthal moderates extended political discussion with David Brooks, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich] , "New York Times" video, July 17, 2006
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/business/media/24askthetimes.html?pagewanted=all Talk to the Times - Andrew Rosenthal answers readers' questions] , "The New York Times", September 24-28, 2007