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Washington Post taps Walters as social editor

The Washington Post has appointed Rushawn Walters as a full-time social editor. Previously, he has been working as a social media editor.

Before that, he was a newsroom initiative assistant, where he assisted with research, idea generation and admin tasks for high impact emerging tech projects and advertising-related tasks.

He has also served as a congressional reporter at the Howard University News Service and was managing editor of The Hilltop, Howard University’s student paper. He has also interned at WHUR 96.3 FM HD1.

Walters is a Howard University graduate.

Mariam Ahmed

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