Yvonne Wingett Sanchez will join The Washington Post as a democracy reporter for Arizona. Sanchez joins from The Arizona Republic, where she worked for more than 21 years, most recently as a national political reporter.
She begins her new role on June 20.
Sanchez co-hosted The Gaggle, the Republic’s weekly political podcast, and reported on the intersection of local neighborhoods and city government. She also served as Latino affairs reporter and as Maricopa County investigative reporter/Maricopa County government reporter.
She interned on The Detroit News’ Features desk through the Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism program.
Sanchez has a B.S. in journalism and mass communication from the University of Idaho.
The Pacific Business News, an American City Business Journals publication, has hired Janis Magin Meierdiercks as…
Sadia Nowshin, a reporter at European startup news site Sifted, is leaving to join literary…
Variety has promoted Ethan Shanfeld to TV reporter. William Earl of Variety writes, "Shanfeld joins the entertainment…
Kasia Klimasinska is the new team leader for DC breaking news at Bloomberg News. She…
Paul Smalera has organized a gathering of James Ledbetter's friends and colleagues—open to all…
Real estate news service CoStar News has hired Rachel Scheier to cover the San Francisco commercial market.…