Douglas Frantz

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Douglas Frantz
Michael Hammer
Succeeded byJohn Kirby
Personal details
Born (1949-09-29) September 29, 1949 (age 74)
North Manchester, Indiana, U.S.
SpouseCatherine Collins
Alma materDePauw University
Columbia University

Douglas Frantz (born September 29, 1949 in

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2015 to 2017.[3]

He resigned as Los Angeles Times Managing Editor in 2007 after blocking the publication of an article about the Armenian genocide; Frantz said his resignation was not related to the ensuing controversy.[4]

Career

Frantz graduated from DePauw University in 1971 and earned a M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[5] He was an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times.[6]

Frantz served as the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times, and the managing editor of the Los Angeles Times from 2005 to 2007. Frantz was chief investigator for the

Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[7] He is also the former Managing Director of Kroll's Business Intelligence Washington office.[8]

From 2013 to 2015, Frantz served as the

Armenian genocide controversy

As the Los Angeles Times Managing Editor, Frantz blocked a story on the Armenian genocide in April 2007 written by Mark Arax, a veteran Times journalist of Armenian descent. Frantz argued that Arax previously had expressed an opinion on the topic and therefore was biased on the subject, apparently referring to a letter co-signed by Arax that endorsed the LA Times policy of referring to the event as "Armenian Genocide".[10] Arax, who has published similar articles before,[11] lodged a discrimination complaint and threatened a federal lawsuit. Frantz was accused of having a bias obtained while being stationed in Istanbul, Turkey.[10] Frantz resigned from the paper on July 6.[4]

Personal

Frantz has written 10 nonfiction books, six of them with his wife, Catherine Collins. Their most recent book, Salmon Wars is about the environmental and health dangers of the salmon fishing industry. They live in a fishing village in Nova Scotia.[12]

Awards

Works

References

  1. ^ "Valerie Crites Fowler". U.S. Department of State. January 28, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "Ask a Reporter Q&A: Mark Landler". The New York Times. 2002. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009.
  3. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
    . October 1, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Managing editor to leave The Times
  5. ^ "Douglas Frantz '71 Appointed Investigations Editor of New York Times". DePauw University. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. ^ Frantz, Douglas; Collins, Catherine. "Douglas Frantz". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Douglas Frantz, former Times managing editor, to be chief investigator for Senate panel". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 2009.
  8. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winner Douglas Frantz Joins Risk Consulting Firm Kroll". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  9. ^ "U.S. Welcomes Appointment of Douglas Frantz as Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)". U.S. Department of State. October 1, 2015.
  10. ^ a b The Armenian Genocide Debate Pits Moral Values Against Realpolitik Archived January 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ LA Observed: Armenian genocide dispute erupts at LAT
  12. ^ "Douglas Frantz". Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  13. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes - Search: frantz". pulitzer.org.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Michael Hammer
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
2013–2015
Succeeded by