Monica Drake (journalist)

Monica Drake is a journalist and deputy managing editor^[1][2] at The New York Times. Drake is the first African-American woman to serve on the newsroom's print masthead.^[3][4][5][6]

Monica Drake
Born	Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University Columbia University
Occupation	Editor at The New York Times
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Greg Winter ​ (m. 2006)​

Biography

Drake was born to internist Kathleen Glover and attorney Macarthur Drake.^[4] Drake is from Yellow Springs, Ohio and attended Yellow Springs High School.^[3][4] Drake attended Yale University and then the School of Journalism at Columbia University.^[3] She joined The New York Times as an intern in 1998, and became a copy editor in 2001. Drake worked at the Culture Desk, then became the senior Travel editor before becoming a deputy managing editor, making her the first African-American woman to serve on the print masthead.^[3][6] In her new position, Drake posted a listing for a "dream" traveling job that got national attention and received over 13,000 applications.^[7] As an assistant managing editor(2017-23), she founded a new column called "Surfacing" which focuses on subcultures around the world and appears both online and in print.^[3]

Drake married journalist Greg Winter in 2006.^[4]