Terrence McCoy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Bureau Chief
Education: University of Iowa, BA, political science and journalism; Columbia University, MA, international politics and journalism
Terrence McCoy is The Washington Post's Rio de Janeiro Bureau Chief. He is the recipient of numerous national awards, including two George Polk Awards for his reporting on poverty in America and deforestation in the Amazon. He served in the Peace Corps in Cambodia. He joined The Washington Post in 2014, and has been a staff writer on the local, national and foreign desks.