Sewell Chan, former Texas Tribune and Los Angeles Times editor, to join USC Annenberg as senior fellow

Sewell Chan (Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times)

Sewell Chan, who has held senior editing roles at the Columbia Journalism Review, The Texas Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, will join the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) as a senior fellow, focusing on the fight for press freedom in the U.S. and abroad.

Chan was most recently executive editor of Columbia Journalism Review, and an adjunct professor of journalism, in 2024-25.  Previously, he was editor in chief of The Texas Tribune from 2021 to 2024, during which the nonprofit newsroom won its first National Magazine Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for the first time.

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