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Scott Keir Anderson (born December 31, 1963 in Toronto) is a Canadian newspaper editor and journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen until 2007.^[1] Anderson is currently the senior vice-president of content forCanwest.^[1]

In 2006, Anderson was among the group of Canadian newspaper editors that chose not to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. He received criticism for this decision, notably from Ezra Levant, publisher of the Western Standard, 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".^[2]

He studied at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked from the late 1980s to the present on various newspapers around Canada.

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v • d • e   Editors-in-Chief of the ten largest Canadian newspapers. Toronto Star Joseph E. Atkinson (1899-1948), Giles Gherson, Robert Nielsen, Fred Kuntz (2006-2008), John D. Cruickshank, Giles Gherson (2004-2006), Michael Cooke Globe and Mail Richard Doyle (1978-1983), Norman Webster (1983-), William Thorsell, Richard Addis, Edward Greenspon (2002-2009), John Stackhouse (2009-) Le Journal de Montréal André Lecompte (1964-?), Paule Beaugrand-Champagne, Lyne Robitaille La Presse William-Edmond Blumhart, Guy Crevier (2001-), Philippe Cantin, André Pratte Toronto Sun Peter Worthington, Barbara Amiel, John Downing, Lorrie Goldstein, Linda Williamson, Mike Strobel (1999-2001) National Post Kenneth Whyte (1998-2003), Matthew Fraser (2003-2005), Doug Kelly Vancouver Sun Neil Reynolds (2000-2003), Patricia Graham (journalist) (2003- ) Montreal Gazette Norman Webster, Joan Fraser (1993-1996), Alan Allnutt (1996-2000), Andrew Phillips Ottawa Citizen Charles Herbert Mackintosh, Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, Keith Spicer (1985-1989), Gordon Fisher (1989-1991), James Travers (1991-1996), Neil Reynolds (1996-2000), Scott Keir Anderson (2000-2007), Gerry Nott (2009- ) Winnipeg Free Press John Wesley Dafoe (1901-1944), Margo Goodhand (2007-)