The Wall Street Journal has hired Will Hobson to be a reporter in its Washington bureau, working on political and government investigations and enterprise.
Hobson was a national investigative sports reporter for The Washington Post before departing in February. He has previously worked for the Tampa Bay Times, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, and the Panama City News Herald.
In 2014, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for his work on Tampa Bay Times stories about abusive landlords and squalid conditions in publicly subsidized housing for Tampa’s homeless. In 2019, his reporting on allegations of racist remarks and pressuring players to compete through injury by Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell preceded her decision to retire.
From 2020-2022, his stories exposing pervasive sexual harassment within Washington’s NFL franchise, including an unreported settlement over allegations of sexual assault against owner Daniel Snyder, preceded Snyder’s decision to sell the team.
His stories have also been honored by Investigative Reporters & Editors and Associated Press Sports Editors.
