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Matthew Hay Brown works with Washington Post journalists in Mexico City, Bogotá, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Toronto and Miami covering Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean. He joined The Post in 2019 from USA Today, where he was a national enterprise editor. Matt teaches in the journalism graduate program at Harvard Extension School.
Honors and Awards: Overseas Press Club 2022 Robert Spiers Benjamin Award for Best Reporting on Latin America; Online News Association 2022 Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award; 2021 George Polk Award in Technology Reporting; National Press Club 2019 Breaking News Award; News Leader Association 2019 Al Neuharth Breaking News Reporting Award; Society of Professional Journalists 2019 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Deadline Reporting; American Society of News Editors 2016 Breaking News Writing Award; 2016 National Headliner Award for Spot News; National Press Club 2016 Breaking News Award; Online News Association 2015 Online Journalism Award in Breaking News; Online News Association 2014 Online Journalism Award in Explanatory Journalism; Overseas Press Club of America 2000 Madeline Dane Ross Citation for Best International Reporting Showing Concern for the Human Condition; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 2000 Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship; 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting; 2022 George Polk Award in Environmental Reporting (Editor); Society of Professional Journalists 2022 Sigma Delta Chi Award in Immersion Journalism (Editor); Overseas Press Club of America 2020 Bob Considine Award for Best Interpretation of International Affairs (Editor); National Association of Black Journalists 2019 Salute to Excellence Award (Editor); National Association of Black Journalists 2018 Salute to Excellence Award (Editor); 2018 National Headliner Award for Education Writing (Editor)
Professional Affiliations: Society of Professional Journalists, Reporters Without Borders