Professional Background
- California magazine
In 1980, following his graduation from Occidental College, Coll joined the writing staff of California magazine, eventually working on staff as a contributing editor.
- The Washington Post
In 1985, he started working for the Washington Post as a general assignment feature writer for the paper's Style section. Two years later, he was promoted to serve as the financial correspondent for the newspaper, based in New York City. In 1989, he moved to New Delhi, when he was appointed as the Post's South Asia bureau chief. He served as a foreign correspondent through 1995. Before covering news in South Asia, he collaborated with David A. Vise and together, they wrote a series of reports scrutinizing the Securities and Exchange Commission. For their work, Coll and Vise were honored with the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
Coll began working for the newspaper's Sunday magazine insert in 1995, serving as publisher of the magazine from 1996 to 1998. He was promoted to managing editor of the newspaper in 1998 and served in that capacity through 2004. He was also served as an associate editor for the newspaper from late 2004 to August 2005.
- The New Yorker
In September 2005, Coll joined the writing staff of The New Yorker. He is based in Washington, D.C. and reports on foreign intelligence and national security.
- New America Foundation
On July 23, 2007, Coll was named as the next director of the New America Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy institute headquartered in Washington, D.C. He has also contributed to the New York Review of Books, particularly about the war in Afghanistan. On June 25, 2012, Coll announced his resignation as President of the New America Foundation, effective upon the selection of his predecessor.
- Pulitzer Prize Board
On October 23, 2012, Coll was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, administered by Columbia University.
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
On March 18, 2013, Coll was announced to succeed Nick Lemann as the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, effective July 1, 2013.
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