Jim Simon Named as The Seattle Times' Managing Editor

Jim Simon has been named as The Seattle Times' new managing editor.

Simon will oversee the newsroom’s digital, metro, business, enterprise and investigations teams. Simon has spearheaded some of the newsroom’s most innovative journalism, including the Education Lab project that was recently honored by APME judges.

In 2018, Simon will become president of the Associated Press Media Editors, where he now serves as an officer. He has spent most of his career at The Seattle Times.

As a senior editor, he helped oversee coverage that won Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news in 2010 and 2015. He also worked as the paper’s environmental reporter, lead political reporter, and staff writer for Pacific Northwest magazine.

Prior to joining The Times, he worked as a UPI reporter in the Philippines. He has taught journalism at the University of Washington and Seattle University. He also has training experience in Southeast Asia, where he was a Knight Journalism Fellow in Indonesia and East Timor.