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Gabriel Escobar
Gabriel Escobar (Photo: The Philadelphia Inquirer/Jessica Griffin)

Gabriel Escobar promoted to top editor role at The Philadelphia Inquirer

December 3, 2020 by Veronica Villafañe

Gabriel Escobar has been promoted to SVP and editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

A Colombian-born journalist, he is the first Latino editor in The Inquirer’s 191-year history, and in his new role, he’ll be one of the highest-ranking Latinos at a U.S. news organization.

Escobar will be overseeing the paper’s news operations during a difficult time, as the company’s journalists work remotely and the pandemic has caused serious revenue losses that prompted newsroom downsizing.

A former foreign correspondent, he was the newsrooms’ second in command since 2017, when he was elevated to editor and VP. He steps into the top role after executive editor Stan Wischnowski resigned in June.

Escobar first joined joined the Inquirer in 2007 and worked up the management ranks. He left the paper in 2011 for a job as an editorial writer and columnist at the Dallas Morning News, but returned to Philadelphia a year later, to take over as deputy managing editor.

His career spans a number of reporter and editor roles in several newspapers in the U.S., including the Daily News in Philadelphia and the Washington Post, where he spent 16 years. During his tenure there, he was Latin America bureau chief, based in Argentina from 1999 to 2005.

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Gabriel Escobar, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

Full bio here
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