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Susan Deborah Chira Chira at the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes Born (1958-05-18) May 18, 1958 (age 68) New York City, U.S. Status married Occupations journalist and author Notable credit(s) The New York Times; A Mother's Place (book) Spouse Michael Shapiro Children 2 Awards Gerald Loeb Award 2018

**Susan Deborah Chira** (born May 18, 1958, in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan))[1] is an American journalist. She was the editor-in-chief of [The Marshall Project](/source/The_Marshall_Project)[2] until January 2025.[3] Previously, Chira was a senior correspondent and editor covering [gender](/source/Gender) for *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*.[4] From September 2014 until September 2016, she was a deputy executive editor of the newspaper and oversaw its news report.[5] She was previously the assistant managing editor for news,[6] and was the *Times*'s foreign news editor from 2004 to 2011.

She was raised in [Rye, New York](/source/Rye%2C_New_York), and attended [Phillips Academy Andover](/source/Phillips_Academy_Andover) in [Andover, Massachusetts](/source/Andover%2C_Massachusetts), where she graduated in 1976. She received her [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1980, graduating [summa cum laude](/source/Summa_cum_laude). She is a member of [Phi Beta Kappa](/source/Phi_Beta_Kappa).

While at Harvard, Chira was the president of the *[Harvard Crimson](/source/The_Harvard_Crimson)*.

Chira joined *The New York Times* in 1981. She was the *Times*'s correspondent and then bureau chief in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) from 1984 to 1989.

She has also been the metropolitan reporter at bureaus in [Albany, New York](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), and [Stamford, Connecticut](/source/Stamford%2C_Connecticut), national education correspondent, deputy editor of the Foreign desk, editor of *The Week in Review*,[7] and editorial director of book development. In May 2018, following a stint as an editor covering gender issues, she was named interim Metro editor following the resignation of Wendell Jamieson.[8] She served in that post until the appointment of [Clifford J. Levy](/source/Clifford_J._Levy) to the position two months later.[9]

She was part of The New York Times team that won the [Pulitzer Prize for Public Service](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Public_Service) in 2018 for reporting on [sexual harassment](/source/Sexual_harassment); her article, with Catrin Einhorn, focused on decades of sexual harassment at two Ford factories in Chicago. She also shared the 2018 [Gerald Loeb Award](/source/Gerald_Loeb_Award) for Investigative Journalism for her reporting on the [sexual predator](/source/Sexual_predator) allegations against film producer [Harvey Weinstein](/source/Harvey_Weinstein) that led to the [Me Too movement](/source/Me_Too_movement).[10][11]

## Family

Chira is married to Michael Shapiro,[12] a professor at [Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism](/source/Columbia_University_Graduate_School_of_Journalism). They have two daughters, Eliza Shapiro, a reporter at the *Times*, and Joni Shapiro, a writer and librarian.

## Bibliography

- *A Mother's Place: Taking the Debate About Working Mothers Beyond Guilt and Blame.* New York: Harper, 1998. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-06-017327-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-017327-0) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0060173272](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0060173272)

- *Cautious Revolutionaries: Occupation Planners and Japan's Post-War Land Reform.* Agricultural Policy Research Center, 1982. ASIN: B0006EBHJS

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ask a Reporter Q&A: Susan Chira"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091015031724/http://nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Susan_Chira.html). *The New York Times*. 2002. Archived from [the original](https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Susan_Chira.html) on October 15, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Susan Chira Named Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project"](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/03/25/susan-chira-named-editor-in-chief-of-the-marshall-project). 25 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Susan Chira to Step Down as The Marshall Project's Editor-in-Chief in January"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250129214820/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/05/16/susan-chira-eic-step-down). *The Marshall Project*. 16 May 2024. Archived from [the original](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/05/16/susan-chira-eic-step-down) on January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Ember, Sydney (16 September 2016). ["New York Times Reinstates Managing Editor Role and Appoints Joseph Kahn"](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/business/media/new-york-times-reinstates-managing-editor-role-appoints-joseph-kahn.html?mcubz=0). *The New York Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Somaiya, Ravi (24 September 2014). ["New York Times Expands Newsroom Leadership to Address Shifts in Industry"](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/business/new-york-times-promotes-editors-in-change-of-leadership-structure.html?mcubz=0). *The New York Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-chira_ame_nyt_6-0)** [*Times Makes Masthead Promotions*](https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/times-makes-masthead-promotions/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-askareporter_chira_7-0)** [*The New York Times Ask a Reporter Q&A - Susan Chira*](https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Susan_Chira.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Hsu, Tiffany (2 May 2018). ["Women Said to Accuse Times Editor Who Resigned of Inappropriate Behavior"](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/business/times-metro-editor-accused.html). *The New York Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Grynbaum, Michael M. (31 July 2018). ["New York Times Names Cliff Levy as Its New Metro Editor"](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/business/media/new-york-times-names-cliff-levy-metro-editor.html). *The New York Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["The New York Times, for reporting led by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and The New Yorker, for reporting by Ronan Farrow"](https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/new-york-times-reporting-led-jodi-kantor-and-megan-twohey-and-new-yorker-reporting-ronan). *[The Pulitzer Prizes](/source/The_Pulitzer_Prizes)*. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LOEB-2018_11-0)** ["UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2018 Gerald Loeb Award Winners"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ucla-anderson-school-of-management-announces-2018-gerald-loeb-award-winners-300672056.html). *PR Newswire*. June 25, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** " [Michael Shapiro Wed To Susan Chira in Rye](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/03/style/michael-shapiro-wed-to-susan-chira-in-rye.html)." *The New York Times*, 3 September 1984.

v t e Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative Journalism winners (2013–2019) 2013: David Barstow, Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab, Stephanie Clifford 2014: Chris Hamby, Brian Ross, Matthew Mosk, Rhonda Schwartz, Chris Zubak-Skees, Ronnie Greene, Jim Morris 2015: Christopher S. Stewart, Christopher Weaver, John Carreyrou, Rob Barry, Anna Wilde Mathews, Tom McGinty 2016: Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza, Robin McDowell, Esther Htusan 2017 (tie): Karisa King, Ray Long, Sam Roe 2017 (tie): Anthony Cormier, Nathaniel Lash, William R. Levesque 2018: Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Susan Chira, Catrin Einhorn 2019: Nicholas Confessore, Gabriel J. X. Dance, Michael LaForgia, Brian X. Chen, Carole Cadwalladr, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Paul Mozur, Jack Nicas, Matthew Rosenberg (2020–2022) 2020: Michael H. Keller, Gabriel J. X. Dance, Nellie Bowles 2021: Nacha Cattan, Andrew England, Henry Foy, Sam Jones, Dan McCrum, Paul Murphy, Max Seddon, Cam Simpson, Michael Smith, Erika Solomon, Olaf Storbeck, Helen Warrell 2022: Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington, Eli Murray 2023: Kendall Taggart, John Templon, Anthony Cormier, Jason Leopold

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