David Cho

David Cho joined Dow Jones as Editor in Chief of Barron’s in 2021.

Most recently, David was the Business Editor of the Washington Post, where he worked in the newsroom for the last 20 years. As Business Editor, his digital-first focus led to aggressive expansion, both journalistic and geographic, as well as substantial audience growth. Under his leadership, the Washington Post’s business desk won a Gerald Loeb award for commentary in 2020.

In 2014, he was a member of The Washington Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its reporting on the Snowden documents. In 2010, he was the primary editor of a series on compromised medical research that won a George Polk Award.

Before joining The Washington Post, David worked at The Star-Ledger and The Philadelphia Inquirer.