OLD Media Moves

Washington Post hires Cadell from Reuters

September 17, 2021

Posted by Chris Roush

Washington Post national editor Steven Ginsberg and national security editor Peter Finn:

We are delighted to announce that Cate Cadell is joining The Post as a national security correspondent who will focus on the U.S.-China relationship.

Cate has spent the past eight years in China, including five years with Reuters, covering politics, human rights, trade and technology. She has reported on the expansive camp system in Xinjiang as well as mass surveillance and labor programs in Xinjiang and Tibet. She broke stories about China’s early handling of the pandemic, including the lack of initial testing, efforts to silence patients and relatives, and the decision-making behind the world’s first covid-19 lockdown.

As an avid coder and data journalist, most of Cate’s stories include digital investigation elements, though her favorite reporting experiences usually have involved trips to China’s less-travelled corners.
Cate began her career freelancing in Asia, including memorable stints at Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar Post and Myanmar’s Mizzima News. She earned degrees in journalism and international studies from the University of Technology Sydney, where she occasionally got in trouble for reporting from far-flung places when she should have been in class.
Cate grew up riding horses and raising baby kangaroos on a farm in a rural Australia, which, after years of travel, she still considers to be the best place on earth. She speaks Mandarin, is a certified yoga instructor and plays the banjo. She says her Beijing neighbor will be happy to see the instrument move to Washington.