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Howell Raines was born on 5 February, 1943 in Birmingham, AL, is an American journalist. Discover Howell Raines's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation miscellaneous
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 5 February 1943
Birthday 5 February
Birthplace Birmingham, AL
Nationality United States

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Who Is Howell Raines's Wife?

His wife is Krystyna Anna Stachowiak (m. 2003), Susan Woodley (m. 1969–1990)

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Wife Krystyna Anna Stachowiak (m. 2003), Susan Woodley (m. 1969–1990)
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Children Ben Raines, Jeff Raines

Howell Raines Net Worth

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Source of Income Miscellaneous

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1943

Howell Hiram Raines (born February 5, 1943) is an American journalist, editor, and writer.

1964

He earned a bachelor's degree from Birmingham-Southern College in 1964 and a master's degree in English from the University of Alabama in 1973.

In September 1964, Raines began his newspaper career as a reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald in Alabama.

He also reported for WBRC-TV in Birmingham.

1971

After a year as a reporter at the Birmingham News, in 1971 Raines was selected as political editor of the Atlanta Constitution.

1976

In 1976 he left that post to become political editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

1978

After beginning his journalism career working for Southern newspapers, he joined The Times in 1978, as a national correspondent based in Atlanta.

Raines joined The New York Times in 1978, as a national correspondent based in Atlanta.

1979

By 1979, Raines was promoted to Atlanta's bureau chief, a position he held until 1981, when he became a national political correspondent.

By the next year, Raines had advanced to become a White House correspondent for The Times.

1985

He progressed to management in 1985, becoming deputy Washington editor.

1987

In 1987, Raines transferred to London and worked as the newspaper's London bureau chief.

The next year, he returned to Washington, D.C., to become the city's bureau chief.

1992

In 1992, Raines published an essay, "Grady's Gift", about his childhood in Alabama.

He fondly described the family's black housekeeper.

His memoir was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.

1993

His positions included political correspondent and bureau chief in Atlanta and Washington, DC, before joining the New York City staff in 1993.

Raines has also published a novel, two memoirs, an oral history of the civil rights movement, and a history of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War and were scrubbed from the history books.

Raines was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

In 1993, Raines moved to New York City as the Times editorial page editor, a position he held for eight years.

The aggressive, colloquial style of his editorials, especially those critical of President Bill Clinton and his administration, drew widespread notice and a share of criticism.

His work marked a departure from the measured tone for which Times editorials had been known.

1994

Joseph Lelyveld, who had been executive editor of The Times from 1994 to 2001, agreed to replace Raines on an interim basis.

2001

He was executive editor of The New York Times from 2001 until he left in 2003 in the wake of the scandal related to reporting by Jayson Blair.

Raines was appointed executive editor of The Times in September 2001, serving until May 2003.

At that time, controversy generated by the reporting scandal related to Jayson Blair led to his dismissal.

A Times internal investigation revealed that 36 of the 73 national stories Blair filed with the paper over a six-month period were marred by errors, false datelines, or evidence of plagiarism.

Raines was faulted for continuing to publish Blair months after the paper's metro editor, Jonathan Landman, sent him a memo urging him "to stop Jayson from writing for The Times. Right now."

The Blair inquiry also revealed widespread discontent among Times staffers over Raines' management style, which was described as arbitrary and heavy-handed.

According to a New York Times article, the deputy metropolitan editor, Joe Sexton, was quoted as telling Raines and managing editor Gerald Boyd, at a closed meeting of employees, "I believe that at a deep level you guys have lost the confidence of many parts of the newsroom ... People feel less led than bullied."

On another occasion Jerelle Kraus, art director for the newspaper's weekend section, was quoted as saying, "I hope things settle down and we get a decent executive editor who's reasonable. Howell Raines is someone who is feared."

Both Raines and Boyd resigned.

The paper's owner, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., also conducted an investigation and concluded that Raines had alienated most of the New York and Washington bureaus.

2003

Raines' resignation, along with that of Gerald Boyd, was announced in the June 5, 2003 issue of The Times.

On July 14, 2003, it was announced that Bill Keller had been chosen as Raines' permanent replacement.

In an interview on the Charlie Rose Show of July 11, Raines admitted that Sulzberger had "asked [him] to step aside."

2004

Raines reviewed his tenure as executive editor of the New York Times in a 21,000-word piece published in the May 2004 issue of The Atlantic.

In it, he said that he was hired by Sulzberger in the shared conviction that The Times had grown complacent and no longer functioned as a meritocracy in the assignment of stories to reporters.

In the private meeting with reporters called by Sulzberger, in which the owner announced Keller's succession to Raines' old job, Sulzberger reportedly denied ever holding such a view.

2008

In 2008, Raines became a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio, writing the magazine's media column.