Washington Post and AT&T partner to bring 5G technology to newsroom

The Washington Post announced plans to collaborate with AT&T to bring 5G technologies to The Washington Post newsroom. The Post plans to use 5G in their coverage of the 2020 presidential election and other top news events across the country.

“The Post has focused heavily on the reader experience, and an important part of that is our ability to create an immersive, engaging experience along with our reporting and to deliver that with the best site and app performance readers expect from us,” said Scot Gillespie, Chief Technology Officer at The Post. “With AT&T’s 5G technology, we will not only be able to deliver news more quickly, but we will also be able to deliver it in completely new and compelling ways that are enabled by leveraging the capabilities of 5G.”

Additionally, The Post will also be using AT&T Global Video Services to cover live events throughout the 2020 campaign. The newsroom also plans to experiment with reporters using millimeter wave 5G+ technology to transmit their stories, photos and videos faster and more reliably.

“When you think about industries that have been undergoing digital transformations, journalism is easily near the top of that list,” said Mo Katibeh, EVP-Chief Marketing Officer, AT&T Business. “New technologies have always been at the forefront of quality journalism. The printing press, radio, broadcast TV news, cable TV news…they’ve all revolutionized the news cycle. 5G and 5G-related technologies are next. We are writing the future of news gathering and delivery.”