Arjan Paans

Arjan Paans (1969 – 17 January 2023) was a Dutch journalist.
Paans was born in 1969. His father Boudewijn Paans, was editor-in-chief of . His mother Anna worked for the "Gooi- en Eemlander" and "Amersfoortse Courant".
Paans started his journalist career at "Gooi- en Eemlander" where his mother worked. He worked for 23 years in several positions at "Algemeen Dagblad". He worked for "Algemeen Dagblad" between 2003 and 2008 in Berlin, Germany. He became for "Algemeen Dagblad" deputy editor-in-chief. He was editor-in-chief interior and coordinator Rotterdam at NRC Handelsblad. In 2016 he started working for the regional newspapers of the Telegraaf Media Groep and was among others editor-in-chief of "Leidsch Dagblad", "Haarlems Dagblad" and "Gooi- en Eemlander". Paans was editor-in-chief of free newspaper "Metro" between 2017 and May 2018. In 2021 he became editor-in-chief of .
Paans was married to Loes and they had a son Wolf. Paans died from cancer on 13 January 2022, at the age of 53.