Salman Masood (Urdu: سلمان مسعود) is a Pakistani journalist who has been working as a Pakistan correspondent for The New York Times since 2001.

In 2009, he contributed to The New York Times reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

He was part of The New York Times reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Journalists staged a walkout of the National Assembly of Pakistan,[2] while Human Rights Watch condemned the incident.

[8][3] In 2024, he published his book "Fall Out," which examines Pakistan's political landscape from 2014 to 2023, focusing on Imran Khan's transition from a opposition figure to the Prime Minister of the country, and his intricate relationship with the Pakistani military.