NY Times hires Washington Post’s Gold

New York Times Washington bureau chief Dick Stevenson sent out the following on Monday:

This is an exciting one. Matea Gold, who as a managing editor, national editor and political investigations editor at The Washington Post has helped produce a steady stream of agenda-setting news reporting and high-impact accountability journalism, is joining The Times as Washington editor.

Matea comes to us with a stellar track record as an ambitious and creative editor who built and ran teams to tackle the big stories. She’s described by people who have worked with her as a nurturer of talent, a defender of reporting and reporters, and an unflappable manager. She has terrific news judgment and knows Washington inside out. In my discussions with her, I have found her very thoughtful about the opportunities and challenges ahead of us. And she is full of energy and enthusiasm about taking them on.

Matea will be a partner to me in managing the bureau and in working with our incredibly talented desk on the daily news report and our mission of producing high-value-added investigative and enterprise work at a time when the world needs it more than ever.

Matea has been a managing editor of The Post for the last 15 months. In that role, she oversaw the national, local, investigative, general assignment and data desks. She had previously served as The Post’s national editor and before that, while running The Post’s political enterprise and investigations team during the first Trump administration, helped conceive and execute an examination of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol that was part of a package that won the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. As national editor and managing editor, she oversaw coverage recognized with three other Pulitzer Prizes.

A California native, she graduated from University of California, Los Angeles and joined The Los Angeles Times, where she spent 15 years covering a variety of beats, including national politics, L.A. City Hall and media. She joined The Post in 2013 as a campaign finance reporter.

She is a terrific addition to an already powerhouse team, and her hiring is a signal of our ambitions for the years ahead and our commitment to brave, independent journalism.