Michael Ogden, 91; Newsman Headed 2 Editor Organizations
Michael Ogden, 91, a longtime journalist and newspaper editor who was a former president of both the Associated Press Managing Editors association and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, died Dec. 19 at his retirement home in Monterey, Calif., of unspecified causes.
Ogden spent most of his career at the Providence Journal in Rhode Island, beginning as a reporter in 1935 and rising through the ranks to become executive editor.
Under his tenure as editor, the paper earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for reporter Jack White’s coverage of President Nixon’s efforts to minimize his federal income taxes.
Born in New York City, Ogden graduated from its Columbia University with a degree in journalism.
He covered the police beat for the New York City News Assn. before moving to Providence.
Ogden was chosen president of the Associated Press Managing Editors in 1959, and served as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1967.
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