James Willse

James Willse is an American journalist who served as editor of The New York Daily News from 1989 to 1993 and of The Star-Ledger in New Jersey from 1995 until his retirement in 2011.

He left college in 1965 to be a reporter with The Southern Courier, a weekly that covered civil rights in Alabama.

[4] In 1990, the paper underwent a five-month strike, followed by its sale by Tribune Co. to British press lord Robert Maxwell.

Willse joined Advance Newspapers later in 1993 as director of new media, and became editor of The Star-Ledger in January 1995.

Willse has taught a variety of courses in nonfiction writing, including twice as a visiting professor at Princeton University.