Oakes, John Bertram

Oakes, John Bertram
▪ 2002

      American newspaper editor (b. April 23, 1913, Elkins Park, Pa.—d. April 5, 2001, New York, N.Y.), was the editorial-page editor for the New York Times from 1961 to 1976; he was credited with devising the modern op-ed page format by including opinion articles written by both the newspaper's own columnists and outside writers. Oakes worked as a reporter for the Washington Post and served in the U.S. Army during World War II before joining the Times in 1946. Until 1961 the paper's editorial page was largely viewed as impartial, but under Oakes's guidance, it began to champion liberal causes. Oakes was a contributing columnist at the Times from 1978 into the early 1990s. He received a George Polk Award for lifetime achievement in the field of journalism in 2001.

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