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Pat Yack bio

Published: October 17, 2005
Last Updated: October 17, 2005

Patrick Yack was editor of The Florida Times-Union for more than six years.

Before coming to Jacksonville, he was the senior editor of the papers in Greensboro, N.C., and Eugene, Ore. He is the former national editor of the Atlanta Constitution and Washington Bureau Chief for The Denver Post.

Prior to entering the newspaper business, Pat worked in politics in Dallas, Washington, D.C. and Chicago.

He is a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. Pat was president of FSNE for two terms. He is on the board of advisors at the University of Florida School of Journalism and the American Press Institute.

Pat graduated from SMU in Dallas with a degree in journalism. He is a frequent guest on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.