Matt Murray (journalist)
{{short description|American journalist}}
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|education = Northwestern University (BS, MS)
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Matt Murray (born May 2, 1966) is an American journalist who has been the executive editor of The Washington Post since June 2024.{{Cite news |last=Ellison |first=Sarah |last2=Izadi |first2=Elahe |last3=Barr |first3=Jeremy |date=2024-06-03 |title=Washington Post editor and CEO clashed on reorganization before her exit |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/03/matt-murray-sally-buzbee-washington-post/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} He was the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2018 until 2023.
Career
Murray began as a journalist at the Journal in 1994, beginning in the Pittsburgh bureau. He joined the Money & Investing section in 1997, covering banking. He rose through the ranks to deputy managing editor and then executive editor.{{cite news |last1=Lopez |first1=Ricardo |title=Matt Murray Named Wall Street Journal Editor, Gerard Baker Shifts to Editor-at-Large |url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/wall-street-journal-new-editor-matt-murray-named-1202831307/ |access-date=11 June 2018 |publisher=Variety |date=5 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Abbruzzese |first1=Jason |title=The Wall Street Journal appoints Matt Murray as editor-in-chief |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/wall-street-journal-appoints-matt-murray-editor-chief-n880266 |access-date=11 June 2018 |publisher=NBC News |date=5 June 2018}}
=Editor-in-chief=
On June 5, 2018, Murray was named editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, succeeding Gerard Baker and assuming the role on June 11.{{cite news |last1=Alpert |first1=Lukas I. |title=Matt Murray Named Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/matt-murray-named-editor-in-chief-of-the-wall-street-journal-1528225040 |access-date=14 July 2020 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=5 June 2018}}
As editor-in-chief, Murray oversaw the Wall Street Journal investigations into Michael Cohen and the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal that led to the Journal{{'}}s Pulitzer win in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Harris Jr. |first1=Roy J. |title=A Wall Street Journal Pulitzer win brings pride — and relief — about their work exposing hush-money payments |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/a-wall-street-journal-pulitzer-win-brings-pride-and-relief-about-their-work-exposing-hush-money-payments/ |access-date=14 July 2020 |publisher=Poynter |date=16 April 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Claire |title=New WSJ editor on China, big tech, and the struggle to cover a 'unique' president |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/new-wsj-editor-talks-china-big-tech-struggle-cover-unique-n972221 |access-date=14 July 2020 |publisher=NBC News |date=21 February 2019}}
In February 2020, amid backlash from the Chinese government regarding the headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Murray agreed with the complaints but could not take any action due to the separation between news and opinion at the paper.{{cite news |last1=Tracy |first1=Marc |title=Inside The Wall Street Journal, Tensions Rise Over 'Sick Man' China Headline |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/business/media/wall-street-journal-sick-man-china-headline.html |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=22 February 2020}}
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests, journalists at the Journal sent multiple letters to Murray lamenting the paper's lack of diversity as well as demanding changes to the way the paper covers race, policing, and finance.{{cite news |last1=Safdar |first1=Khadeeja |last2=Trachtenberg |first2=Jeffrey A. |last3=Mullin |first3=Benjamin |title=America's Newsrooms Face a Reckoning on Race After Floyd Protests |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-newsrooms-face-a-reckoning-on-race-after-floyd-protests-11592256570 |access-date=14 July 2020 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=15 June 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Tracy |first1=Marc |title=Wall Street Journal Staff Members Push for Big Changes in News Coverage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/business/media/wall-street-journal-staff.html |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=10 July 2020}}
Murray was reported to have a strained relationship with Almar Latour, the CEO of Dow Jones, which publishes The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Edmund |title=Inside the Fight for the Future of The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/business/media/wall-street-journal-murdoch.html |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 April 2021}} He was replaced as editor-in-chief by British journalist Emma Tucker on February 1, 2023.{{Cite Q|Q115688997|access-date=2022-12-13}}{{Cite web |last=Perlberg |first=Steven |title=Wall Street Journal insiders are buzzing about what a leadership shake-up could mean for Murdoch world |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-wall-street-journal-amid-potential-editor-shakeup-2022-12 |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
=Washington Post=
In June 2024 he was appointed editor-in-chief of the Washington Post, after Sally Buzbee resigned the position.{{Cite web |title=New Washington Post editor Matt Murray meets staff after abrupt Buzbee exit {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/03/new-washington-post-editor-matt-murray-meets-staff/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.spokesman.com}}
Education
Murray earned bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern University.
Personal life
A native of Bethesda, Maryland who edited his high school newspaper, Murray married Janine Dyck Flory, PhD, in October 2002.{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Janine Flory, Matthew Murray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/style/weddings-celebrations-janine-flory-matthew-murray.html |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=13 October 2002}} {{cite news |title=New Post editors Matt Murray, Robert Winnett praised for tough journalism |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/03/washington-post-matt-murray-robert-winnett/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |publisher=The Washington Post}} They live with their daughter in New York City.
Books
Murray wrote The Father and the Son, about his father's journey from government employee to Benedictine monk in Illinois,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-20-me-35626-story.html|title=A Son's View of Father's Trek to Monasticism|date=1999-11-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}} and the co-author of Strong of Heart.
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