• by Ray Schultz , February 12, 2024

The New York Amsterdam News, one of the country’s oldest Black newspapers, has named Aaron Foley as its news editor. 

Previously, Foley served as a senior digital editor for the Communities Initiative for PBS NewsHour. He also was the first director of CUNY’s Black Media Initiative at the Center for Community Media at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

“I’ve been aware of the longstanding impact and the boundless potential of the Black press for nearly my entire life, having watched my mother climb the ranks at the Michigan Chronicle, Detroit’s oldest Black newspaper, as a child,” Foley says.

He adds, “I’m excited for this next chapter in my own journalism career, at a time when more Black journalists are needed more than ever before to not only add to the living historical record of Black life New York and beyond, but to make sure our voices are heard and our stories are being told.”