Matea Gold is a reporter for The Washington Post covering money and politics. Prior to this she was a political reporter for the the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. She joined the Times as a reporter in 1996 and spent nearly a decade covering national and state politics as well as writing about the media. She began her career at the Los Angeles Times as a beat reporter covering East Los Angeles. She also wrote about immigration and gangs, and produced a three-part series about compulsive gambling.

A graduate of UCLA, Matea was the editor in chief of the Daily Bruin. She lives in the District with her husband and two daughters.

Finance, Political, Global Economy, Media Professionals, Journalism, News Reporting, Washington Post, Washington DC, Reporting, Economy