Doug Wilks is the executive editor of the Deseret News. His four-decade news career as reporter and editor included stints with the Scripps League Newspaper Group, Gannett in Marin County, California, and the New York Times Regional Media Group as an editor in various capacities in Santa Rosa, California. He joined the Deseret News in 2012 as managing editor of the combined newsroom with KSL and was named the Deseret News's top editor in November 2016, helping increase its influence from beyond the Intermountain West to across the nation.
