Scott Keir Anderson is a Canadian newspaper editor and journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Citizen

The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...

 until 2007. Anderson is currently the senior vice-president of content for Postmedia Network Inc..

In 2006, Anderson was among the group of Canadian newspaper editors that chose not to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad

Muhammad

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 during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...

. He received criticism for this decision, notably from Ezra Levant

Ezra Levant

Ezra Isaac Levant is a Canadian lawyer, conservative political activist and media figure. He is the founder and former publisher of the Western Standard, hosts The Source daily on Sun News Network, and has written several books on politics....

, publisher of the Western Standard

Western Standard

The Western Standard is a Calgary, Alberta-based libertarian-conservative publication that billed itself as Canada's only conservative national news magazine...

, who claimed that other editors should not be afraid to use their freedom of expression. Anderson replied that "not publishing [the cartoons] is also an expression of freedom".

He studied at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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degree. He worked from the late 1980s to the present on various newspapers around Canada.