The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of video Micah Gelman, executive producer of live moments Lauren saks and senior producer of live moments Zachary Purser Brown:
Libby Casey has been named senior news anchor. Since 2016, Libby has anchored and produced The Post’s biggest live news events. Before joining The Post, Libby was a Washington correspondent for Al Jazeera America, a host and producer at C-SPAN, and a reporter for Alaska public radio stations.
Rhonda Colvin is now senior political correspondent. Rhonda started knocking on doors at the Capitol in 2018 to establish Video’s presence on the Hill. Rhonda first joined The Post in 2015 as a planning editor in Video and before that was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and a producer at Cleveland’s NPR station.
Dave Jorgenson is now senior video journalist. Dave started The Post’s TikTok channel in May 2019 with a mix of short clips of newsroom colleagues and appearances by presidential candidates. Dave joined The Post in 2017 as a writer-editor on the creative video team, where he launched the popular “Short Takes” series. Prior to The Post, Dave was a creative content producer at IJR.
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