Lori Montgomery

Lori Montgomery is the business editor at The Washington Post. Prior to their current position, they served as the Europe bureau chief for Knight Ridder, where they covered the war over Kosovo and the emerging economies of post-Communist Central Europe. Before that, they were a Washington correspondent for the Detroit Free Press, covering housing, criminal justice and urban issues, as well as the debate over assisted suicide. Lori also covered the Michigan delegation in Congress. Prior to that, they were a reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, where they covered the 1990 mudfest that put Ann Richards in the Texas governor’s mansion. Lori also broke numerous stories about the Texas criminal justice system, including an award-winning exposé of a Dallas judge who admitted – to their – that they gave a gay-bashing teen killer a light sentence because their victims, shot in cold blood, were “queers.” Molly Ivins, then a columnist at the paper, later wrote that they "had never been prouder of the Herald" than the day Montgomery's story ran.

Lori Montgomery graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.

and Damian Paletta - Deputy Business Editor reports to Lori Montgomery. They are on a team with Douglas Jehl - Foreign Editor, Steven Ginsberg - National Editor, and Jeff Leen - Investigations Editor. Lori Montgomery reports to Cameron Barr, Managing Editor, News and Features Coverage.