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Krissah Thompson named The Washington Post’s first Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion
Thompson’s vision is to have The Post become the most diverse and inclusive newsroom in the United States.
By Paul Farhi | The Washington Post
The Washington Post has named Krissah Thompson, a veteran editor and reporter with nearly 20 years of experience at the organization, as its first managing editor for diversity and inclusion, a new senior position created as a result of a broad reckoning among news organizations in the wake of nationwide protests over racial inequities.
Thompson, 41, will be responsible for leading the newsroom’s efforts in the recruitment, hiring, promotion and mentoring of staff members, with an eye toward expanding the newsroom’s diversity.
Currently an editor in The Post’s Style section, she will join the news organization’s masthead as 1 of 4 deputies to executive editor Martin Baron. She is the first African American woman to become a managing editor in the newspaper’s 143-year history.
