Michael Days
Michael Days is recently retired from The Philadelphia Inquirer where he served for two years as the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion. Before that he was Vice President, Editor for Reader Engagement. He spent 10 years as editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010 under his leadership. He began his career as a reporter, working in Minneapolis; in Rochester, N.Y.; and at the Louisville Courier-Journal. He worked in the Philadelphia bureau of the Wall Street Journal before joining the Daily News. In 2014, Days was awarded the prestigious Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership. The McGruder Award is given annually to individuals, news organizations or teams of journalists who embody the spirit of McGruder, a former newsroom leader of the Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer. McGruder, who died in 2002, was considered one of the most relentless diversity champions in the industry. In 2017, Days was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
