Michelle Maltais has joined the USA Today Money staff as its consumer editor.
Maltais is based in the Los Angeles bureau and is leading a newly formed team focused on retail, food, and personal technology.
She previously spent 20 years at the Los Angeles Times. She was most recently deputy director of audience engagement, a team that was focused not only on social media platforms but also on creating stories that resonate with online audiences. She was a member of the team that won a Pulitzer for breaking news coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack.
Maltais began her tenure at the Times in 1997 as a copy editor, primarily in business, eventually becoming the business web deputy. Among her varied experiences at the Times, she produced a business radio program, wrote and edited tech coverage, and produced multimedia content for latimes.com.
Maltais earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in English from Scripps College in Claremont, California.
