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# WaPo’s Managing Editor Matea Gold exits for New York Times, the latest in series of high-profile departures from The Post
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/wapos-managing-editor-matea-gold-exits-for-new-york-times/
- Published: 2024-12-11T01:51:12.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-11T19:22:59.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: People, Media, #wp-upper-left-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**Matea Gold, a managing editor at The Washington Post** who until recently was a contender for the newspaper’s top editing role, is joining The New York Times as a senior editor in its Washington bureau, reports The Times.

Gold will be Washington editor for The Times, reporting to its newly appointed Washington bureau chief, **Dick Stevenson**. She starts in January.

Since September 2023, Gold has been a managing editor overseeing The Post’s political, local and investigative coverage. She was previously the newspaper’s national editor, leading a staff of 150 journalists. She joined The Post more than a decade ago from The Los Angeles Times and has served in a variety of roles, covering politics as a reporter and shepherding ambitious political investigations.

She is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from The Post, states The Times.

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