Suki Dardarian

  • Editor and senior vice president, Minneapolis' Star Tribune
  • Formerly held senior management roles at The Seattle Times

Suki Dardarian

Biography

Dardarian is editor and senior vice president of Minneapolis' Star Tribune. She joined the newspaper in April of 2014 as senior managing editor and vice president overseeing news and digital. Prior to that, Dardarian spent 15 years in senior management at The Seattle Times, including roles as managing editor and director of audience development/innovation. After graduating from the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degrees in communications and political science, Dardarian reported for The Everett Herald, The News Tribune and The Seattle Times. She is also a former president of the Associated Press Media Editors.

During her time as managing editor at The Times, it earned two Pulitzer Prizes, for breaking news and investigative reporting. Also, a project she edited for the News Tribune was a Pulitzer finalist in explanatory reporting. In 2016, the Star Tribune was a Pulitzer finalist in local reporting for its examination of Minnesota’s treatment of people with disabilities. This year a Star Tribune project on the state’s failure to adequately handle cases of elder abuse was awarded the APME grand prize for Public Service.