Washington Post combining biz, tech, climate, health and science teams
The Washington Post is combining its business, technology, health, science and climate teams, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports that they “will be brought together in a new department that focuses on ‘how businesses are transforming across the economy; how scientific and technological shifts are affecting daily life; and what it all means for people’s health, […]
Washington Post seeks a tech policy reporter
The Washington Post is seeking a high-energy reporter to cover the rapidly evolving and increasingly symbiotic relationship between Washington and Silicon Valley. We are looking for an aggressive, versatile reporter who knows how to work sources, explain complex policy decisions for a general audience and seize opportunities to tell the big story about the role […]
Is the Washington Post going after WSJ subscribers?
The New York Times Dealbook newsletter examines whether the change in editorial page focus at the Washington Post by owner Jeff Bezos means it wants to attract readers from The Wall Street Journal. Dealbook writes, “Bezos is working on changing the paper’s business strategy, and the editorial page shift could be seen as an appeal to Journal […]
WSJ hires Raghavan as senior Middle East correspondent
The Wall Street Journal has hired Sudarsan Raghavan as senior Middle East correspondent. He has been a correspondent at large for The Washington Post, based out of Barcelona. He has spent the past three decades mostly as a foreign correspondent posted variously in Baghdad, Cairo, Johannesburg, Kabul, Madrid and Nairobi (twice), reporting from more than 65 […]
Washington Post tech reporter Siddiqui to cover DOGE
Washington Post reporter Faiz Siddiqui is now covering the Department of Government Efficiency overseen by billionaire Elon Musk. For the past year, he has been on the business investigations team, exploring the vast empire of Elon Musk. Siddiqui was previously on The Post’s technology team. As a reporter covering the gig economy and autonomous driving in […]
Washington Post taps Stein as chief economics correspondent
The Washington Post has named Jeff Stein its chief economics correspondent. He has been the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post. Since joining The Washington Post in November 2017, he has covered the Republican tax law; the government shutdown; and the administration’s economic response to the coronavirus, among other topics. In 2014, he founded the […]
NY Times hires Romm to cover economic policy
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Monday: We are thrilled to announce that Tony Romm will be joining The Times as our new economic policy correspondent. This is a familiar role for Tony, who covered economic policy at The Washington Post, where he broke numerous stories during both the […]
Washington Post’s Romm departing for new opportunity
Tony Romm, economic policy and accountability reporter at The Washington Post, is leaving for a new opportunity. He has been at The Post for seven years. His most recent job focused on how economic policy affected people’s lives. Romm also covered tech policy for The Post, breaking stories about Facebook’s attempt to fight the federal […]
Washington Post announces immigration and border security team
Washington Post national editor Mike Semel, deputy national editor Amy Fiscus, senior editor for national news and strategy Rachel Van Dongen sent out the following: We’re proud to announce the members of The Post’s newly formed immigration and border security team in the National department. The team has quickly distinguished itself with scoops, analysis and riveting […]
Washington Post’s Lima-Strong joining Tech Policy Press
Washington Post tech policy reporter Cristiano Lima-Strong has been hired by Tech Policy Press as associate editor. He has been writing the Post’s newsletter focused on tech policy in Washington and how it affects major stakeholders around the country. Lima-Strong preciously worked at Politico, where he covered tech policy and politics with a focus on the congressional […]
