Michele Matassa Flores

Executive Editor at The Seattle Times

In her 25 years with The Seattle Times, Matassa Flores has worked in or supervised nearly every department in the newsroom. She was appointed executive editor in 2019 to lead The Seattle Times newsroom and work with the executive team as it continues to push the envelope on journalism and business innovation. In her previous role as managing editor, she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the newsroom and its 145 journalists and directed news coverage.

Matassa Flores was first hired by The Seattle Times in 1988. She left the company in 2008, taking on leadership roles with the Seattle news website Crosscut and the Puget Sound Business Journal. She returned to The Seattle Times in 2013. She has also worked at the Statesman Journal, in Salem, Oregon. Matassa Flores is a graduate of the University of Oregon.

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