David Cho

 David first took on editing in 2010, leading coverage of the robo-signing scandal during the mortgage crisis and managing award-winning projects on the troubling ways tech companies obtain materials to make lithium batteries and a series on compromised medical research, which won a George Polk Award. He also edited parts of The Post's work on the Snowden documents, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Before becoming an editor, David was one of the Post's lead writers of the 2008 financial crisis, revealing the government’s rescue of Lehman Brothers and the payment of bonuses to managers of AIG while the company was being bailed out. This coverage was honored by the Columbia School of Journalism during its centennial celebration.

David first joined The Post in 2001, covering religion and immigration for the Metro desk. One of his first big stories for the paper was getting past the military police to report from the grounds of the Pentagon crash site after 9/11. He also contributed to the Post's award-winning coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting. He previously worked at the Star-Ledger and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

David’s first ambitions involved a different kind of keyboard, studying piano at the Juilliard School of Music's pre-college division. But he grew concerned about the viability of a career in classical music and wisely turned to newspaper journalism.