USA Today’s editor in chief, Caren Bohan, is out of the job she’s held for a little more than a year. No reason was given for the exit, confirmed by Monica Richardson, senior vice president of USA Today. The newspaper is the flagship of the Gannett chain, the nation’s largest. Like most news organizations, it has suffered financially over the past two decades and announced $100 million in cuts this past summer. In a social media statement, Bohan made reference to financial challenges in praising her USA Today colleagues for their work. Bohan has had a long career covering and editing political stories for USA Today and the Reuters news service.
NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today's editor in chief, Caren Bohan, is out after a little more than a year leading the flagship newspaper of the Gannett chain.
Her exit was confirmed on Wednesday by Monica Richardson, senior vice president of USA Today. No reason was given. Bohan became the newspaper's top editor in September 2024 after a long career writing and editing about politics for the newspaper and, prior to that, at the Reuters news service.
“Caren Bohan has been a valued colleague during her tenure at USA Today,” Richardson said in a statement. “We sincerely wish her well and thank her for her many contributions.”
Like many news organizations, Gannett has suffered financially over the past two decades, and its leadership announced over the summer it was making $100 million in cuts.
In a social media message announcing her departure, Bohan made reference to the “many challenges facing our industry” in praising the journalists at USA Today.
“I am tremendously proud of the work we did, including audience-first storytelling, watchdog journalism and deeply reported narrative stories,” Bohan wrote.
