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About Jay T. Harris
- Jay T.
- Harris (December 3, 1948 – ), an African-American journalist; journalism educator at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois; and chairman and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News in San Jose, California, United States.
- He is a self-described "journalistic traditionalist" and stepped down as publisher as a statement about how the newspaper industry's emphasis on profits was harming its public mission.
- He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Black Journalists in 1992.
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