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Matt Welch 
Editor in Chief, Reason magazine
Matt Welch is editor in chief of Reason magazine.
From 2006 to 2007, Welch served as assistant editorial pages editor at the Los Angeles Times, shaping and writing editorials, and overseeing the section's web operations.
From 2002 to 2006, Welch worked at Reason as an associate editor and media columnist. From 2002 to 2004, he also wrote a regular "Letter from California" column for Canada's National Post newspaper and contributed to the Online Journalism Review; WorkingForChange.com (for whom he covered Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign); and the now-defunct Los Angeles tech/biz magazine Zone News.
Welch’s work has appeared in The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, LA Weekly, ESPN.com, Salon.com, Wired, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Daily Star of Beirut, and dozens of other publications.
Before 1998, Welch lived for eight years in Central Europe, where he co-founded the region's first post-communist English-language newspaper, Prognosis, worked as UPI's Slovakia correspondent and managed the Budapest Business Journal.
He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Emmanuelle.
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- From the Top: City of Rats, Matt Welch, June 2008 Print Edition
- When Coalitions Dissolve, Matt Welch, May 2008 Print Edition
- Soundbite: Can You Hear the People Sing?, Matt Welch, May 2008 Print Edition
- Nice Shot, J.R., Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, April 28, 2008
- McCain's Cheap Dates, Matt Welch, April 1, 2008
- From the Top: Ron Paul's Mistake, Matt Welch, April 2008 Print Edition
- John McCain Wants You, Matt Welch, March 26, 2008
- The McCain Mutiny, Matt Welch, March 25, 2008
- Tuned Out, Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, March 24, 2008
- Where the Votes Are, Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie, March 21, 2008
- Avoid presidential 'gotcha' games, Matt Welch, March 11, 2008
- Everything You Wanted to Know About John McCain's Sex Scandal..., Matt Welch, February 22, 2008
- The Hawk Doves Love, Matt Welch, February 1, 2008
- How Johnny Got His Groove Back, Matt Welch, January 31, 2008
- Congress Strong-Arming the Steroids Issue, Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie, January 21, 2008
- An Open Letter to Editorial Page Editors, Matt Welch, January 15, 2008
- 2007: The Year in Videos, Radley Balko, Ronald Bailey, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Jeff Taylor, Jesse Walker, Matt Welch, Tyler Cowen, David Harsanyi, Markos Moulitsas and Brendan O'Neill, January 1, 2008
- Rant: Burn the Rich, Matt Welch, January 2008 Print Edition
- Barry U.S. Bonds, Matt Welch, December 7, 2007
- McCain: No Surrender!, Matt Welch, December 2007 Print Edition
- lib*er*tar*ian, Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, November 25, 2007
- Be Afraid of President McCain, Matt Welch, April 2007 Print Edition
- Military Intelligence, Matt Welch, April 2006 Print Edition
- Farewell to Warblogging, Matt Welch, April 2006 Print Edition
- Old Propaganda and New, Matt Welch, March 2006 Print Edition
- Terror in Nebraska, Matt Welch, March 2006 Print Edition
- Ghost of Tonkin, Matt Welch, March 2006 Print Edition
- Fruit Use, Matt Welch, February 2006 Print Edition
- The War on Sedition, Matt Welch, February 2006 Print Edition
- From Bob Woodward to Judith Miller, Matt Welch, January 2006 Print Edition
- The Secret Sharer, Matt Welch, January 2006 Print Edition
- Sorry, Wrong Number, Matt Welch, January 2006 Print Edition
- The Success Curse, Matt Welch, December 26, 2005
- Fighting the Last War in Iraq and the Middle East, Matt Welch, December 21, 2005
- They Shoot Helicopters, Don't They?, Matt Welch, December 2005 Print Edition
- Pundit Payola, Matt Welch, December 2005 Print Edition
- Like Starting Over, Matt Welch and Julian Sanchez, December 2005 Print Edition
- Dirty Bummer, Matt Welch, November 23, 2005
- Democrats—Not for Free Speech Anymore!, Matt Welch, November 4, 2005
- Rummy's Posse, Matt Welch, November 2005 Print Edition
- The Long and Happy Death of the Celebrity Profile, Matt Welch, November 2005 Print Edition
- "Like Undermining Motherhood and Apple Pie", Matt Welch, November 2005 Print Edition
- Whatever Became of the Gubernator?, Matt Welch, October 31, 2005
- Judith Iscariot, Matt Welch, October 17, 2005
- Echo Chamber in the Superdome, Matt Welch, October 4, 2005
- Why The New York Times ♥s Eminent Domain, Matt Welch, October 2005 Print Edition
- The Second Romanian Revolution Will Be Televised, Matt Welch, October 2005 Print Edition
- World's Greatest Degenerative Body, Matt Welch, September 19, 2005
- The Deadly Bigotry of Low Expectations?, Matt Welch, September 6, 2005
- Aloha, 50th State, Matt Welch, August 22, 2005