James Knox Batten (January 11, 1936 – June 24, 1995)[1] was an American journalist and publisher.
A native of Suffolk, Virginia, he studied chemistry and biology at Davidson College and began working as a journalist for the Charlotte Observer in 1957.
He joined Knight-Ridder's Washington, D.C. bureau in 1965 and covered the Civil Rights Movement.
Batten became chairman of Knight Ridder on October 1, 1989, succeeding Alvah Chapman, Jr.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994.
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