WaPo’s Managing Editor Matea Gold exits for New York Times, the latest in series of high-profile departures from The Post

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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