Tracy Grant
Washington, D.C.
Managing editor
Education: Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism
Tracy Grant is The Washington Post’s managing editor for staff development and standards. She is the second woman in the history of The Post to achieve the rank of managing editor. Grant came to The Post in 1993 as a copy editor and served as a graphics editor and business editor before becoming the newsroom’s first Web editor in 1999. In that role, she directed The Post’s coverage of some of the biggest stories in the just-dawning digital age, including the 2000 election, the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, war in Afghanistan and the D.C. sniper attacks of 2002. She was a features editor and
