Jeff Light

Jeff Light grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., where his father was editor of the local newspaper. Over the last three decades, he has worked for newspapers and their websites. He has been an editor, a reporter, a clerk, even a “hopper” – the person who throws the bundles of papers from the delivery trucks in the dead of night. He believes that journalism is one of society’s greatest callings. That is to say, it is one of the best things a person can do with his or her life. He studied poetry and creative writing at Brown University and has an MBA from the University of California, Irvine. He started as an intern writer in Syracuse, N.Y., in the early ‘80s. He was deputy editor, then vice president for interactive publishing at The Orange County Register, where he worked from 1993 to 2010. He joined the Union-Tribune as its top editor in March 2010 and also was made publisher in 2016. He serves on the boards of the San Diego Symphony, the Downtown San Diego Partnership and the Smart Border Coalition.