WaPo appoints Murray sports editor

The Washington Post has tapped Jason Murray to serve as a sports editor. He joined the Post in August 2020 as an assignment editor to guide coverage of the NBA and WNBA, men’s and women’s college sports, tennis and auto racing. Previously, Murray worked as director of audience and visuals at syracuse.com. He also managed […]

Yahoo Finance hires Shaban as a reporter

Yahoo Finance has hired Hamza Shaban as a reporter. He will start later this month. Shaban is a visual enterprise reporter for the Washington Post business desk. He joined The Post in 2017 as a technology reporter. Previously, he covered tech policy for BuzzFeed News. He was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow for Business Journalism at Columbia University. Shaban […]

Marshall Project hires two audience engagement producers

The following excerpt was sent out from The Marshall Project: The Marshall Project, the Pulitzer-winning nonprofit media organization covering criminal justice, has hired Kristin Bausch and Chris Vazquez as audience engagement producers. In these new roles, Bausch and Vazquez will work together to ensure The Marshall Project continues to strengthen its connection with its current […]

Two WaPo editors named Maynard 200 fellows

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s multiplatform editing chief Courtney Rukan, local editor Mike Semel, deputy multiplatform editing chief Brian Cleveland, deputy local editor Maria Glod and multiplatform editor Nora Simon: We are excited to announce that Multiplatform Editor Dorine Bethea and Deputy Education Editor April Bethea have been accepted to […]

WaPo hires Vazquez as politics breaking news reporter

The Washington Post has tapped Maegan Vazquez to serve as a politics breaking news reporter. Recently, she was a White House reporter at CNN, where she worked for more than five years. Vazquez joined as a digital reporter. She held the posts of fellow, political reporter, deputy news editor and White House reporter at the […]

WaPo names Jamison national political enterprise reporter

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s national editor Matea Gold, deputy national editor Philip Rucker, senior national investigations editor Peter Wallsten, local editor Mike Semel, deputy local editor Maria Glod and local enterprise and projects editor Lynda Robinson: We are delighted to announce that Peter Jamison will soon be taking on […]

Washington Post hires FT’s Cocco as data reporter

Washington Post data reporting team director Meghan Hoyer and business editor Lori Montgomery sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re thrilled to welcome Federica Cocco to The Post, where she’ll be a data reporter on the business team. Federica for the past seven years has been a statistical reporter at the Financial Times in London, […]

WaPo’s first Post Grad intern: Renee Yaseen

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of operations & strategy for the opinions section Becca Clemons, community editor Yu Vongkiatkajorn and director of next generation audiences Phoebe Connelly: The Opinions and Next Gen teams are excited to announce that Renee Yaseen has joined The Post for the summer to be […]

WaPo publisher CEO Ryan to depart in August

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post today announced Fred Ryan, Publisher and CEO, is stepping down to lead a newly formed nonpartisan Center on Public Civility at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. He will remain publisher of The Washington Post until August. Patty Stonesifer has been appointed interim […]

WaPo now has content on Apple podcasts

The following was sent out from The Washington Post: Apple recently announced new updates to their podcast operating system, iOS 17, which will allow users to connect existing subscriptions to The Washington Post with Apple Podcasts. This new feature will provide a way for Apple Podcast listeners to directly access the multimedia journalism that is […]