13 Facts About Bill Keller

Bill Keller was born on January 18,1949 and is an American journalist.

Bill Keller was the founding editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit that reports on criminal justice in the United States.

Bill Keller attended the Roman Catholic schools St Matthews and Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, and graduated in 1970 from Pomona College, where he began his journalistic career as a reporter for a campus newspaper called The Collegian.

Bill Keller is married to Emma Gilbey Keller and has three children.

Bill Keller joined The New York Times in April 1984, and served in the following capacities:.

Bill Keller was a leading supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, explaining his backing for military action in his article 'The I-Can't-Believe-I'm-A-Hawk Club'.

In contrast, Bill Keller was much more sympathetic to Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, describing him as the 'Sunshine Warrior'.

On July 6,2005, Bill Keller spoke in defense of Judith Miller and her refusal to give up documents relating to the Valerie Plame case.

Bill Keller was reported to have refused to answer questions from The Times public editor, Byron Calame, on the timing of the December 16,2005 article on the classified National Security Agency Terrorist Surveillance Program.

Bill Keller discussed the deliberations behind the Times' decision to publish the story in a July 5,2006 PBS interview with Jeffrey Brown that included a discussion of the issues involved with former National Security Agency Director Admiral Bobby Ray Inman.

Bill Keller wrote a 128-page juvenile biography of Nelson Mandela published by Kingfisher Books in 2008, Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela.

In February 2014, The New York Times reported that Bill Keller was going to work for the Marshall Project.

Bill Keller was editor in chief of the Marshall Project from 2014 until his retirement in 2019.