Rest of World has hired Maryam Saleh as its first investigations editor.
In her new role, Saleh will lead ambitious, newsroom-wide investigative projects and help elevate daily coverage. Her work here will include keeping the world’s biggest tech giants accountable, and exposing unexpected outcomes and bad behavior in growing sectors like AI.
Saleh was formerly a senior editor at The Intercept, where she edited politics, features, and investigations on a range of topics ranging from Israel’s war in Gaza, to the death penalty, to environmental racism.
She previously worked as an investigative editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. There, she was the lead editor on a multiplatform project that exposed the proliferation of laws after the 2020 election that would increase police involvement in elections. The work was recognized with a Sidney Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting.
Before that, Saleh spent nearly five years at The Intercept as an editor and reporter covering politics, immigration, criminal justice, and global affairs. In 2019, she was part of an award-winning reporting team led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that uncovered the misuse of solitary confinement in U.S. immigration detention.
Saleh will join Rest of World starting in the middle of February.
