Paul
C. Tash is the chairman of the Times Publishing Company.
A
native of South Bend, Indiana, Tash graduated summa cum laude in 1976 from Indiana
University. He received a Marshall Scholarship and graduated magna cum laude
with a bachelor of laws degree from Edinburgh University in Scotland in 1978.
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C. Tash is the chairman of the Times Publishing Company.
A
native of South Bend, Indiana, Tash graduated summa cum laude in 1976 from Indiana
University. He received a Marshall Scholarship and graduated magna cum laude
with a bachelor of laws degree from Edinburgh University in Scotland in 1978.
He
started with the Times that fall as a local news reporter and worked his way
through various news jobs – including Washington bureau chief – to become the
editor of the Tampa Bay Times and chief executive of the company.
Tash
is chairman of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a school for
journalists and media leaders, which owns Times Publishing. He has served on
the boards of America’s leading journalism organizations, including the
Associated Press, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Pulitzer
Prizes, where he was the chairman.
In
2012, Tash received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana
University, and he was inducted to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame the
following year.
Tash
is married to the former Karyn Krayer of St. Petersburg, a high school teacher.
They have two daughters, a physician and a lawyer, and twin grandchildren.
The
Tampa Bay Times is Florida’s leading newspaper and is widely considered among
the country’s best newspapers. It has won 14 Pulitzer Prizes, including two
prizes in 2016 for local and investigative reporting. Until 2012, the newspaper
was known as the St. Petersburg Times, but changed its name to reflect its
growth throughout the Tampa Bay region. In 2016, the Times acquired the Tampa
Tribune, making the Times one of the 10 largest newspapers in the country.