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David Ibata is an American journalist. Ibata worked at the Chicago Tribune for over 25 years and helped pioneer the newspaper’s first website.

Early life
Ibata was born in Chicago and grew up in Edgewater. He attended Senn High School and graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in journalism.

Career
Ibata joined the Chicago Tribune in 1981 as a real estate reporter. He later expanded his scope to cover suburban issues, transportation and urban planning. In 2001, Ibata became a homepage producer for the Tribune's website and helped organize the newspaper's first continuous breaking news desk.

After leaving the Tribune in 2007, he worked at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in various editor roles until the end of 2015. In 2016, He joined the Salvation Army’s Southern Spirit newsletter as editorial coordinator.

Ibata co-founded the Chicago chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association with news anchor Linda Yu in 1989 after they met at O’Hare International Airport. He became the chapter’s first president. The association named two scholarships after Ibata and Yu.

Death
Ibata died of COVID-19 and pneumonia on January 26, 2021 in Marietta, Georgia. He was 66 years old.