Matt Wald Former New York Times reporter heads to nuclear group
Source: Hannah Northey, E&E reporter • Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015
Wald said in an email that he took a buyout from the Times in December when the paper was offering incentives for long-time employees and he became eligible for a full retirement.
He had been a reporter at the paper since 1977, and has covered the nuclear industry extensively.
Wald was part of a team whose coverage of the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan was named as a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
He has also toured more than two dozen power reactors and research reactors, as well as the now-abandoned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, according to the newspaper’s website.
His previous assignments at the Times included stints in Hartford, Conn., and Boston.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from Brown University and a certificate in auto mechanics from the Providence Vocational Technical Facility.