
Betsy Reed
Betsy Reed was Editor-in-Chief of The Intercept from 2015 through mid-2022. During that time, The Intercept earned many prizes for its reporting, among them a George Polk Award, two National Magazine Awards, a Sidney Hillman Prize, a Scripps Howard Award, and an Edward R. Murrow Award. It was also a Pulitzer finalist.
Prior to joining The Intercept, Reed was executive editor of The Nation, where she led the magazine’s investigative coverage.
She has edited several bestselling books, including Jeremy Scahill’s “Blackwater” and “Dirty Wars,” as well as the essay collections “Unnatural Disaster: The Nation on Hurricane Katrina” and “Nothing Sacred: Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror.” In 2008, she and Richard Kim co-edited the New York Times bestselling essay collection “Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare.”
Glenn Greenwald Resigns From The Intercept
Greenwald’s decision stems from a fundamental disagreement over the role of editors and the nature of censorship.
The Iran CablesThe Story Behind the Iran Cables
A note from the editors and a video discussion hosted by Jeremy Scahill.
Secret Brazil ArchiveThe Bolsonaro Government’s Aggressive Response Shows Why Our Reporting on the Secret Brazil Archive Is So Vital
Justice Minister Moro and his defenders are trying to distract attention away from their own misconduct by fixating on the actions of those who revealed it.
Secret Brazil ArchiveHow and Why The Intercept Is Reporting on a Vast Trove of Materials About Brazil’s Operation Car Wash and Justice Minister Sergio Moro
A massive archive of previously undisclosed materials reveals systematic wrongdoing among powerful officials — and the public has a right to know.