John D. Cruickshank (born c.1953[1]) is a Canadian newspaper publisher, broadcasting executive, journalist, and diplomat.
[2] He served as the managing editor of The Globe and Mail and editor-in-chief of the Vancouver Sun before leaving Canada for the United States in 2000 to take the post of vice president of editorial affairs at the Chicago Sun-Times.
[1] In 2004, he publicly revealed a circulation scam by the Chicago Sun-Times that had been on-going for years under its previous leadership.
His revelation, while damaging to the newspaper's relationships with advertisers and the public, earned him a reputation for high integrity.
[2][3] Cruickshank is married to S. Jennifer Hunter, an established journalist who also worked for the Chicago Sun-Times, along with positions at Maclean's Magazine, the Globe and Mail and the Montreal Gazette.