Steven V. Reddicliffe (born 1953) is an American journalist who is the deputy editor of the travel section at ''
The New York Times''. He was the television editor for the newspaper's cultural
news desk
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from September 2004 until early 2011.
Career
After graduating from
Northwestern University's
Medill School of Journalism in 1975, Reddicliffe worked for several newspapers as a reporter, editor and television critic, including the ''
Dallas Times Herald
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'', the ''
Miami Herald
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'' and the ''
Baltimore News-American''.
From 1989 to 1992, Reddicliffe was a founding senior editor then a general editor at ''
Entertainment Weekly'' magazine, then moved with his family to
San Francisco to become editor-in-chief of ''
Parenting'' magazine. In August 1995, Reddicliffe became editor-in-chief of ''
TV Guide''. He stepped down from the post in 2002
Personal
Reddicliffe is a son of Donald K. and Violet Reddicliffe. He and his wife, Connie, a former copy editor of the ''Times'' 's cultural news desk, have three children, James, Anna and Rebecca (triplets). They are graduates of Bates College, Colgate University, and Northwestern, respectively.
Notes
1953 births
Writers from Chicago
Living people
Medill School of Journalism alumni
American magazine editors
American male journalists
The New York Times writers
20th-century American journalists
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