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 […]
Washington Post taps two to cover economic policy
Nick Baumann, politics and government editor at The Washington Post, send out the following announcement on Monday: We are thrilled to announce a slate of new hires and changes to the Economics Team. Riley Beggin will embark on a new job as White House Economic Policy Reporter, covering taxes, trade, energy costs and other issues shaping […]
Reuters hires Rosenzweig-Ziff to cover Justice Department
Reuters has hired Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff to cover the Justice Department. Rosenzweig-Ziff has been a reporter on The Washington Post’s Local Education team, where he covers higher education and youth culture in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. He has reported for The Post from Europe and previously covered national and international breaking news. He started at The Post as […]
CNN hires Siegel as a business reporter
CNN has hired Rachel Siegel as a reporter for CNN Business. Siegel will cover economic policy and how it’s shaping American life, breaking news on big developments and deciphering policy decisions. Siegel joins CNN after nearly nine years at The Washington Post. Most recently, she covered the U.S. housing market, delving into the ways housing […]
WSJ hires Washington Post’s Voght
The Wall Street Journal has hired Kara Voght as a features reporter covering politics, power and culture. She has been at The Washington Post writing features and profiles that capture the political moment. Voght has been published in The Atlantic, Politico Magazine, Mother Jones and Rolling Stone. Voght holds a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and a […]
SF Standard hires Kelly as tech editor
The San Francisco Standard editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following to the staff: Hello Standard colleagues — I’m happy to announce that Heather Kelly, most recently on the SF tech reporting team at The Washington Post, is joining us as technology editor. At the Post, Heather covered the ways technology shapes everyday […]
