Renae Merle
Washington, D.C.
Education: Columbia University, MBA; Columbia University, MS in journalism; University of Texas, BS in journalism
Renae Merle is an editor on The Washington Post's Style desk. She joined The Washington Post in 2001 and has written about military contractors, Wall Street and the collapse of the housing market during the financial crisis. She has been an editor on the Business desk and launched a vertical during the pandemic, Road to Recovery. She has also worked for The Associated Press covering Texas politics and written about healthcare at The Wall Street Journal. She was a 2010 Knight Bagehot fellow at Columbia University.