We are very happy to announce that Sergio Peçanha has joined the International desk as a senior visual editor based in Washington. Sergio officially returns to The Times to lead graphics and multimedia coverage of the Americas, and he will work across regions to help shape the desk’s broader strategy for visual journalism. Sergio is a multitalented reporter, cartographer and illustrator. In 2019, Sergio joined The Washington Post as a graphics columnist and visual editor for the Opinions desk. Earlier this year, Sergio worked on The Times’s Graphics desk in a role focused on editing graphics for reporter video.