Washington Post Hires First African-American Managing Editor

It's about time

Here's proof that promotions can and do happen despite these rough economic times. The Washington Post announced Monday that national editor Kevin Merida will be "moving on up" to managing editor. With that, he becomes the first African-American to serve as a managing editor at the Post. Merida, 56, has been with the Post for 20 years and will oversee a broad range of the paper's content, deploying reporters and editors across all departments that report to him, including National, Foreign, Metro, Business, Sports, Investigations, Outlook, Style, Arts, Travel, Food, Local Living, Weekend/Going Out Guide, and the magazine. He joined the Post in 1993 as a congressional reporter. (DCist)

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