Peter Spiegel Joins The Washington Post as Managing Editor

Washington Post

30-01-2025

The Washington Post announces award-winning journalist Peter Spiegel as its newest managing editor. Spiegel will oversee The Post's National and Local newsroom departments, including its coverage of national politics, the federal government, national security, the judiciary, immigration, race, health and science.
Spiegel joins The Post from The Financial Times (FT), where he most recently served as U.S. managing editor, overseeing its editorial operations in the U.S. and the Americas over the past nearly six years. His leadership included helming the FT's U.S. expansion strategy and coverage as well as its daily news operation both in print and online. During his tenure, the publication won six Gerald Loeb Awards and 13 British Press Awards, including News Website of the Year in 2017 and Newspaper of the Year in 2018. Spiegel also served as the head of the FT's London newsroom and its Brussels bureau chief.
'Peter brings brilliant experience, digital expertise, management chops and a great nose for big stories and areas of opportunity,' said Executive Editor Matt Murray. 'He will be central as we shape the next great chapter for The Washington Post.'
'I've been a loyal reader and awestruck admirer of The Post since I first arrived in Washington as a young reporter more than three decades ago,' shared Spiegel. 'It is an honor to be joining this world-class organization and contribute to the incredible work of its newsroom. I'm grateful to work alongside some of the finest journalists anywhere.'
Spiegel held various reporting positions at The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal from 2006 to 2010, where, at both, he covered foreign policy and military affairs with a special focus on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, frequently traveling overseas and visiting the war zones.
Before these roles, Spiegel reported for the FT from 2000 to 2006 as a Washington business correspondent, leading its coverage on the Justice Department, the Federal Communications Commission and other federal regulatory agencies, with a special focus on corporate crime, including its coverage of the Enron scandal.
Spiegel began his career as a reporter for Roll Call and Forbes Magazine. He holds a master's degree in European politics and policy from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's in history from the University of Pennsylvania.
Spiegel joins current Managing Editors Liz Seymour and Scott Vance and will report to Executive Editor Matt Murray. He will begin Feb. 24 and will be based in Washington.