
Miguel Gonzalez
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Miguel Gonzalez
@gonzoeditor
Politics Day Editor at The New York Times. Ex-WSJ editor. Currently based in Washington. Former resident of Hong Kong. Forever New Yorker. 🇵🇷






A very strong addition to our muscular editing team. Welcome, @gonzoeditor!


I was mid-story when struck down by a corporate layoff. Thank you to @elizacollins1, @benpershing and my wonderful former WSJ coworkers for seeing this one through. Hard to just walk away, even when you’re instructed to do so.

My 16 years at the WSJ ended this week, but it was a great run that took me from New York to Hong Kong and finally to Washington. For the past 6 years, my DC colleagues inspired and amazed me every single day. Working with them has been an absolute honor.

During my first DC internship, the company where I worked closed a newspaper. I’ve been expecting a day like yesterday for 15 years. I loved working with some of the most talented people I know. Hire these folks 👇🏻

NEW: Major layoffs at the Wall Street Journal’s D.C. bureau yesterday left the newsroom reeling. “This is like dropping a neutron bomb on the newsroom,” said one of the reporters affected. I got the names of most of the journalists who were laid off: politico.com/newsletters/pl…














