Monica Richardson
Monica R. Richardson is an American newspaper editor. She is senior vice president of USA Today and previously was the first Black executive editor in the Miami Herald's history.
Personal and education
Richardson is from Charlottesville, Virginia. She graduated from Old Dominion University.She has served on nonprofit boards in Atlanta and advocates for foster care and adoption. 2014, she adopted a daughter as a single mother
Career and work
Richardson became executive editor of Miami Herald on January 1, 2021. Her expertise includes nearly 30 years of journalism.Richardson worked for the Charlottesville Observer, The Florida Times-Union, and Lexington Herald-Leader. For 15 years, she wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where she served as the digital managing editor and then was promoted to senior managing editor in 2018.
She served on journalist boards, including the Atlanta Press Club, the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, Associated Press Media Editors and the Georgia APME. She also served as a juror for the national Pulitzer Prize board.
In February 2024, Richardson was named senior vice president of USA Today.