Bloomberg hires Ackerman for Fed team
Bloomberg News has hired Andrew Ackerman as a reporter on its Federal Reserve team. He will start Aug. 24. Ackerman has been at The Washington Post for the past two years covering the Federal Reserve and financial regulatory policy. He previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, where he established a reputation for delivering consequential scoops about […]
Washington Post adds to political enterprise team
Politics editor Nick Baumann, deputy politics editor Jen Liberto and political enterprise editor Pat Caldwell sent out the following at the Washington Post: We’re in a political moment made for The Washington Post. We’re covering a consequential and active presidential administration, heading toward a dramatic and meaningful midterm election and looking ahead to a broader […]
Washington Post seeks an economics editor
The Washington Post is seeking an ambitious, collaborative and deeply knowledgeable editor to lead coverage of economic policy and the forces shaping the U.S. economy from Washington. This editor will oversee a team of reporters covering economic policy at the White House, Congress, Federal Reserve and the broader economy, guiding journalism that helps readers understand […]
Washington Post’s Lerman to cover consumer economics
Washington Post reporter Rachel Lerman is now covering consumer economics. She has been a breaking news technology reporter and a visual enterprise reporter for the Post. Lerman previously worked at the Associated Press, where she covered technology with a focus on Google. She also worked for five years as a technology reporter for the Seattle Times and the Puget Sound […]
Judge rules for Washington Post in Trump Media coverage case
A federal judge ruled in favor of The Washington Post, throwing out a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Trump Media and Technology Group, reports Scott Nover of The Washington Post. Nover reports, “In the complaint, lawyers for Trump’s social media company alleged a ‘years-long crusade’ by The Post that culminated in an ‘egregious hit piece.’ […]
Liberto named Washington Post deputy politics and government editor
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray and managing editor Peter Spiegel sent out the following: We are thrilled to announce that Jennifer Liberto will be the next deputy politics and government editor. For nearly seven years, Jen has led The Post’s high-performing, award-winning economics coverage, including helping oversee, organize and edit some of the package of stories that won this year’s […]
Washington Post hires WSJ’s Ilgenfritz
The following was sent out at The Washington Post on Thursday by David Fallis, investigations editor and Eric Rich, deputy editor of investigations: We are very excited to announce that Stefanie Ilgenfritz will be joining The Post as editor of our Long-term Investigations team. Stefanie worked most recently at the Wall Street Journal, where for […]
Washington Post hires Hesson from Reuters
Washington Post Kimi Yoshino sent out the following on Monday: We’re thrilled to announce that Ted Hesson is joining National as an immigration reporter, focusing on the leadership, policies and enforcement efforts of the Department of Homeland Security. Ted comes to us from Reuters, where he has spent the past several years covering the politics and policy […]
Washington Post hires Waldvogel to cover tech and AI
The Washington Post has hired Miriam Waldvogel to cover technology and artificial intelligence. She interned at The Hill last summer covering breaking news. Waldvogel was editor in chief of The Princetonian, the student newspaper at Princeton, during 2025. She is a 2026 graduate of Princeton University, where she majored in mathematics.
Fowers departs Washington Post for City Cast DC
Alyssa Fowers, a graphics reporter at the Washington Post covering the economy, has been hired by City Cast DC as a data reporter. Fowers joined The Post less than two months before the world shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and found her feet in journalism covering economics and public policy. Her portfolio includes investigative work […]
