Goldfarb to run new Washington Post department that includes business
Zach Goldfarb has been named the new editor of a Washington Post editorial department that combines technology, business, climate and health and science into a new team focused on forces shaping the future. An announcement from executive editor Matt Murray states: Zach Goldfarb will helm the new department that we are now calling Futures, combining several areas of coverage […]
Washington Post biz editor Montgomery to run politics and government
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray announced Thursday that business editor Lori Montgomery will now oversee its politics and government coverage. Here’s part of Murray’s announcement: Lori Montgomery will focus on continuing and extending The Post’s longstanding, vital role of reporting and analysis about the politicians, policy and powers in our own backyard and across the country as she […]
Washington Post seeks a business, science, health, climate and technology editor
The Washington Post seeks an exceptional, seasoned and forward-thinking editor to lead a new department focused on business, science, health, technology and climate, the major forces beyond government that shape our society and the world of tomorrow. The ability to cover big breaking stories is central; but equally important is seeing trends, explaining complex and […]
Washington Post seeks White House economic policy reporter
The Washington Post is seeking a scoopy, high-energy reporter to cover White House economic policy. 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 President Donald Trump’s transformational approach to the budget, taxes, […]
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 […]
