USA Today appoints Jamie Stockwell as VP of News

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1. https://wnanews.com/2026/03/16/usa-today-announces-new-vp-of-news/ – Please view link – unable to able to access data
2. https://www.usatodayco.com/pr/jamie-stockwell-named-usa-today-vice-president-of-news/ – USA TODAY announced that Jamie Stockwell will join as Vice President of News on March 30, 2026. In this role, she will champion unbiased journalism, embrace innovation, and drive the flagship national publication’s next era of impact. Stockwell will report to Monica Richardson, Senior Vice President of USA TODAY, as they partner to modernize the newsroom and drive sustainable growth. Stockwell is an experienced newsroom leader with extensive experience guiding large, complex news organizations through transformation and high-stakes coverage. At The Washington Post, where she most recently served as Deputy Managing Editor of News, Stockwell oversaw newsroom operations and drove alignment around strategy and digital-first execution. Previously, as Executive Local Editor, she directed coverage of major crises, high-impact investigative reporting, and enterprise storytelling at the publication. Stockwell was also Executive Editor of Axios Local, where she led its rapid expansion from eight to 30 markets and more than 100 journalists by building its editorial model, audience strategy, and operational systems. Earlier in her career, she served as Deputy National Editor at The New York Times and Managing Editor of the San Antonio Express-News. She began her career at The Washington Post as an intern and then joined the metro staff covering criminal justice issues where she worked as a local reporter for nearly eight years. Stockwell earned her Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and has completed executive leadership training through the Hearst Management Institute and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/07/23/jamie-stockwell-named-deputy-managing-editor-news-hub/ – The Washington Post announced that Jamie Stockwell will join the leadership team of the News Hub as a Deputy Managing Editor, where she will help drive the digital news day and chart the next chapter as the newspaper looks to deepen engagement with its audience. Stockwell brings a wealth of experience and innovative thinking to this critical role at the center of the newsroom. Working in close partnership with other senior leaders, she will help guide the journalism in real time, shape coverage priorities, elevate storytelling, and ensure The Post’s report is urgent, ambitious, and essential to readers across platforms. She is passionate about helping to find new ways to connect world-class journalism with an ever-larger audience and will draw on her experience as a leader at several news organizations. Stockwell began her journalism career as an intern and then reporter at The Post. For the past year and a half, she has been the Executive Local Editor, overseeing coverage of major local news including the collapse of the Key Bridge last spring and the midair collision over the Potomac in January. She also focused the staff on distinctive and enterprising big swings across a range of beats, including political scoops about the ill-fated arena deal in Virginia, an examination of the unregulated Hajj tourism industry after last summer’s pilgrimage left more than 1,300 people dead, and the moving story behind a photograph from the 1970s of a group of friends celebrating life with breakfast near the Reflecting Pool. Before her recent return to The Post, Stockwell served as Executive Editor of Axios Local, where she led an ambitious nationwide expansion and pursued many of the same opportunities the newspaper now has as it adapts for the digital road ahead. She was also a Deputy National Editor at The New York Times, where she oversaw award-winning coverage, and before that, held senior leadership roles at the San Antonio Express-News, including serving as Managing Editor for more than six years. Stockwell is a seventh-generation South Texan of Mexican descent who was raised on the border. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
4. https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/04/an-axios-journalist-will-oversee-the-washington-posts-local-coverage/ – Jamie Stockwell, who was the executive editor for Axios Local, will oversee local coverage at The Washington Post. Axios, which is headquartered in Arlington, hired Stockwell in early 2022 to expand its local operations and now has outposts in 30 cities and regions. Stockwell was a Metro reporter at the Post before joining the San Antonio Express-News, where she rose to Metro editor and eventually managing editor. She then spent three years at The New York Times, where she was a deputy national editor overseeing coverage of Texas, the Southwest, the South, and its ‘Race/Related’ project. Post Local editor Mike Semel, who previously oversaw local coverage, was recently promoted to deputy managing editor. He’ll assume that role when Stockwell starts, a date Washingtonian was unable to immediately confirm.
5. https://www.axios.com/2022/02/28/axios-jamie-stockwell-executive-editor-local-news – Axios has appointed Jamie Stockwell as the executive editor for Axios Local, a move aimed at accelerating the company’s expansion into local news. Stockwell, a seasoned journalist with prior roles as deputy national editor at The New York Times and managing editor of the San Antonio Express-News, will lead Axios’ initiative to reach 25 cities by summer 2022, 50 by the end of 2023, and ultimately target over 100 cities nationwide. Her previous experience includes overseeing regional coverage and diversity initiatives. This strategic hire comes amid widespread consolidation and decline of traditional local newspapers, with startups stepping in to serve local audiences. Upcoming Axios Local launches include major cities such as Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Houston, Miami, and more. The expansion plan involves building a scalable leadership team with additional bureau chiefs to support continued growth.
6. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/E-N-names-new-columnist-editors-847833.php – Jamie Stockwell, a native of Edinburg and a 1999 graduate of the University of Texas, began her career at the Daily Texan campus newspaper. She worked for eight years at The Washington Post, where she was part of the team that covered the 2001 attack on the Pentagon and was a lead reporter on the ‘Beltway sniper’ case in 2002. Stockwell, 38, has been an editor at the Express-News since 2007. ‘Growing up, there was always only one university I wanted to attend, and that was the acclaimed UT. Its journalism program has a stellar reputation and a long list of distinguished graduates,’ she said, noting that the Daily Texan and the program have continued to evolve, adapt, and innovate during the last decade. ‘I’ve always been a very proud UT grad and am honored and humbled by this recognition and thrilled to be a part of this tradition,’ Stockwell said.
7. https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/No-more-Rio-Grande-River-New-York-Times-adds-16012031.php – The New York Times added a San Antonio bureau and expanded its Texas coverage. Sandoval started his journalism career at The Monitor in McAllen, where he worked alongside Jamie Stockwell, editor of the paper’s new Texas team. The team will also include a reporter in Houston and in Dallas. Stockwell, a sixth-generation Texan, joined the Times in 2018 from the San Antonio Express-News. The Express-News was a Pulitzer finalist twice during her tenure as managing editor. She oversees a Times’ race initiative and led the paper’s coverage of the Texas storm last month.