Andrew Mark Rosenthal is an American journalist and former editorial page editor of The New York Times. He is the son of A. M. Rosenthal, a longtime New York Times senior executive and executive editor. He was in charge of the paper's opinion pages, both in the newspaper and online. He oversaw the editorial board, the Letters and Op-Ed departments as well as the Editorial and Op-Ed sections of NYTimes.com. The newspaper maintains a separation between the editorial department of the paper and the news department. Rosenthal answered directly to the publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. In March 2016, Rosenthal stepped down as editorial page editor after he had served in that role for over nine years. Rosenthal transitioned to become an online opinion columnist and podcast contributor for The New York Times.
Early life and education
Rosenthal was born in New Delhi, India. He is the son of Ann Marie, a secretary, and A.M. Rosenthal, the former New York Times executive editor. His father was Jewish, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent. Rosenthal graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A. in American history in 1978.
Career
After graduating from college, Rosenthal worked at the Associated Press, where he served as Moscowbureau chief. Rosenthal joined The New York Times in March 1987. He 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, D.C. correspondent, Rosenthal covered the Bush Administration, the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections, and the Gulf War. He became editorial page editor on January 8, 2007, and he served in that role until April 2016, longer than any other editorial page editor in the modern history of The New York Times. Rosenthal's successor as editorial page editor was James Bennet. Rosenthal had been deputy editorial page editor since September 2003. Prior to that, he had served as assistant managing editor for news and foreign editor of the Times. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
