Cynthia Tucker is editorial page editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a syndicated columnist whose commentary appears in newspapers around the world. She is also a frequent commentator on the News Hour With Jim Lehrer and CNN.

In her capacity as editorial page editor, Ms. Tucker is responsible for guiding the development of the Journal-Constitution's opinion policies on everything from foreign policy issues to local school board races. Ms. Tucker also has considerable reporting experience. She has covered local governments, national politics, crime and education. She has also filed dispatches from Africa, Central America and Cuba.

A member of the Board of Directors of the International Women's Media Foundation, Ms. Tucker is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, American Society of Newspaper Editors, the National Association of Minority Media Executives, and the Council on Foreign Relations. She was graduated from Auburn University in 1976.

A Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in the 1988-89 academic year, Ms. Tucker was the April 2000 winner of the American Society of Newspaper Editors' Distinguished Writing Award.