Joseph F. Kahn (born August 19, 1964) is an American journalist who currently serves as executive editor of The New York Times.

[4] In 1990, he received a master's degree in East Asian studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

[1] Kahn joined the Times in January 1998, after four years as China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

[1] In June 1989, the Chinese government ordered Kahn to leave the country because he was working as a reporter while using a tourist visa.

[5] In 2006, Kahn and Jim Yardley won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting[6] for the Times covering rule of law in China, including their coverage of the detention of American-Chinese entrepreneur David Ji.