Tag: Managing editor

Houston Chronicle Managing Editor Vernon Loeb -- who led the newsroom through Hurricane Harvey and an investigation of the state's special education program -- has been named politics editor of The Atlantic in Washington, D.C. The Chronicle's coverage for Harvey in 2017 and the special education investigation in 2016 were named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Loeb, 62, joined the Chronicle in 2014 from the Washington Post, where he had been metro editor. On the morning of Sunday, August 27, Houston Chronicle Managing Editor Vernon Loeb wrote in an email to the entire newsroom: "We are heading into a severe flooding emergency and everyone on the Chronicle editorial staff is activated." "It was an absolutely breathtaking tribute to journalism, and the power of a great newspaper." Loeb, also a marathon runner, said he has come to love Houston during his nearly five years here. "I have so many fond memories of running the Buffalo Bayou, carousing around Montrose, watching the Astros, eating, editing, and savoring the Chronicle every morning," he said. "My goals at the Atlantic can be boiled down to two pretty basic things: Making sure the writers feel motivated and appreciated, and helping them find the most ambitious stories to tell in Washington and across the country," he said. Loeb began his career as a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, then left to become a reporter at the Washington Post, where he covered City Hall, the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency. He then returned to the Inquirer as an editor before moving back to the Washington Post.