James Hoge, Sun-Times editor who oversaw era of audacious investigations and 6 Pulitzers, dies at 87 [View all]

Former Sun-Times Editor James Hoge helped usher in a golden age of Chicago journalism by hiring young talent and signing off on audacious investigative projects, including the Mirage Tavern undercover sting. The newspaper would win six Pulitzer Prizes under his watch.

This all happened by the time he was 45 years old.

Hoge started at the Sun-Times in 1959 as a $68.50-a-week night police reporter while still a graduate student at the University of Chicago.

He sprinted from assistant city editor in 1965 to managing editor in 1967, to editor-in-chief in 1968 to publisher by the time he was 44.

Hoge left the Sun-Times in 1984 and was appointed president and publisher of the New York Daily News, where he remained until 1991.

Hoge died Tuesday in New York City. He was 87.

At: https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2023/9/20/23863369/james-hoge-dead-chicago-sun-times-editor-obituary

Former Sun-Times editor and New York Daily News publisher James Hoge, 1935-2023.

Hoge had the added distinction of moderating the nation's first televised vice-presidential debate in 1976.