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 org