Audrey Cooper Named First-Ever Female Editor-in-Chief at San Francisco Chronicle
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Audrey Cooper was named editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday, making her the first woman to hold this role in the paper’s 150-year history. At 37, she is also believed to be the youngest woman to ever run a major U.S. paper, according to the Chronicle.
She succeeds Ward Bushee, who retired in 2013. Ms. Cooper had been acting editor-in-chief, though her title was managing editor. The appointment is effective immediately.
Female editors-in-chief are something of a rarity at the nation’s top newspapers. For instance, the top editors at The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune are all men. In 2011, Jill Abramson became the first woman to hold the executive editor position at The New York Times, but she was dismissed last year.
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