Seibel, tech policy editor at Washington Post, is retiring

Mark Seibel, The Washington Post’s technology policy editor, is retiring.

Seibel supervised coverage of technology, focusing on the intersection between tech companies and government regulation, privacy and election security.

He previously was at BuzzFeed News, where he was the national security editor. His journalistic accomplishments include directing reporting efforts that have won three Pulitzer Prizes, three George Polk awards and three Overseas Press Club awards.

Seibel was also chief of correspondents in the McClatchy Washington Bureau, served as managing editor of that bureau’s website, and was managing editor for international, where he directed reporters in nearly every time zone. He joined the bureau after 19 years at The Miami Herald, where he served as foreign editor, director of international operations and managing editor for news. He studied Russian during his year as a Nieman fellow.

He also has worked at the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury and the Dallas Morning News.

Seibel grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Southern Methodist University, where he earned a degree in journalism.