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Sewell Chan

Sewell Chan

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Executive Editor, Columbia Journalism Review

New York

Biography

Sewell Chan joined The Texas Tribune as editor in chief in October 2021. Previously he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversaw coverage that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2021. Chan worked at the New York Times from 2004 to 2018, as a metro reporter, Washington correspondent, deputy Op-Ed editor and international news editor. He began his career as a local reporter at the Washington Post in 2000. A child of immigrants, Chan was the first in his family to graduate from college. He has a degree in social studies from Harvard and a master's in political science from Oxford, where he studied on a British Marshall scholarship. He is a member of PEN America, the Council on Foreign Relations and numerous journalism organizations.

Final Covers

Government And Public Policy , Texas Politics

Doesn’t Cover

Entertainment, sport

Journalist Type

Seniority Positions

Industries

Content

Total articles 940

  • The Houston Landing Is Closing, and Laying Off 43 Employees

    By Sewell Chan Verified

    Apr. 14, 2025

  • The Houston Landing Is Closing, and Laying Off 43 Employees

    By Sewell Chan Verified

    Apr. 14, 2025

  • The Houston Landing is closing, and laying off 43 employees - Editor and Publisher

    By Sewell Chan Verified

    Apr. 14, 2025

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Company Info

Columbia Journalism Review

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