Matthew Wald, an energy reporter at the New York Times who took a buyout in December, has been hired to work at the Nuclear Energy Institute.
His job will be senior director of policy analysis and strategic planning, and he will start April 13.
Hannah Northey of the Governors Wind Energy Coalition writes, “Wald said in an email that he took a buyout from the Times in December when the paper was offering incentives for long-time employees and he became eligible for a full retirement.
“He had been a reporter at the paper since 1977, and has covered the nuclear industry extensively.
“Wald was part of a team whose coverage of the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan was named as a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
“He has also toured more than two dozen power reactors and research reactors, as well as the now-abandoned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, according to the newspaper’s website.”
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