Announcement from Executive Features Editor Ben Williams, Deputy Features Editors Amanda Finnegan and Hank Stuever:
We are excited to announce the promotion of Gabe Hiatt to Travel Editor. In this role, he will lead our travel news and service coverage to empower readers to become smarter travelers.
As deputy travel editor for more than two years, Gabe spearheaded the planning of a multi-story package on regional pizza in America and managed an immersive visual story on a surfers’ paradise in Indonesia. He worked with desks across the newsroom during breaking news events such as the wildfires in Maui and Baltimore bridge collapse, providing quick service journalism to help inform readers about how their travel would be impacted.