Nicholas Goldberg (born November 6, 1958) is an American journalist, and is currently an associate editor and Op-Ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

He is the son of Richard Goldberg, who lives in Wiesbaden Germany, and the late Uli Beigel Monaco.

[11][12] While in this position, he covered the Israeli-Palestinian peace process;[13] presidential elections in Iran;[14] arms monitoring in Iraq; famine in Sudan; civil war in Algeria; war in Lebanon;[15] and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Saudi Arabia.

[16] Between 1999 and 2002, Goldberg served as a director of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates and then as senior Vice President of Benenson Strategy Group conducting polls, focus groups, and other strategic research for political candidates, not-for-profit organizations, and corporations.

[21] He also serves on the board of The Marshall Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit online journalism organization focusing on issues related to criminal justice in the United States.