Blackmon joins WaPo as a comments editor
The Washington Post has hired Michael Blackmon as a comments editor. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Michael will serve as an advocate for our most engaged readers and will work to build trust and habits around Post journalism. “In this role, Michael will deepen our relationship with some of our most dedicated subscribers by […]
DiMolfetta joins WaPo for its cyber and tech newsletters
The Washington Post has hired David DiMolfetta as a researcher for the Cyber 202 and Tech 202 newsletters. DiMolfetta joined from S&P Global, where he worked as a tech policy reporter, and recently as an AI and cybersecurity policy reporter. Before that, he reported on business and economic affairs affecting American consumers for Consumers’ Research. […]
Jouvenal takes on new local desk role at WaPo
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post‘s local editor Mike Semel and deputy local editor Maria Glod: We are thrilled to announce that Justin Jouvenal has assumed a new role on the Local staff, in which he will contribute to breaking news across the region and write quick-turn deeper dives off the […]
WaPo announces new roles on education team
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s local editor Mike Semel, deputy local editor Maria Glod, education editor Adam Kushner and deputy education editor Janel Davis: We’re thrilled to announce new roles on the education desk for Hannah Natanson, Karina Elwood and Nicole Asbury. Hannah has taken on a new beat covering […]
Carter swaps NPR for WaPo
Brandon Carter has joined The Washington Post’s social team as an assignment editor. As per the Post: “Brandon will lead our Instagram team, which curates our @washingtonpost, @coveringpolitics and @postclimate accounts, and focus on optimizing Post journalism for one of our fastest-growing audiences off-platform. He will also work to launch new accounts and collaborate with […]
WaPo names Stevens anchor of new climate vertical
The Washington Post has launched “Climate Lab,” a new visual and data-driven column about climate, environment and extreme weather. Harry Stevens has been named anchor and will write, produce graphics and data analysis for the new vertical. He has worked for Axios, The New York Times and The Salt Lake Tribune. An excerpt from the announcement […]
Reston swaps CNN for Washington Post
The following was sent out from The Washington Post’s national editor Matea Gold, deputy national editor Philip Rucker, senior politics editor Dan Eggen and deputy politics editor for campaigns Sean Sullivan: We are excited to announce that Maeve Reston is joining The Post as a national political reporter, drawing from her extensive experience covering five […]
WaPo hires Dehghanpoor to Rapid Response Investigations team
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s investigative editor Jeff Leen, deputy investigative editor Eric Rich and Rapid Response Investigative Unit deputy editor Mary Pat Flaherty: We are pleased to announce that Chris Dehghanpoor is joining the Rapid Response Investigations Team as a reporter specializing in open-source research. Chris has worked as […]
WaPo welcomes back Bank as ME, audience and visual journalism
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post today named Justin Bank as Managing Editor, Audience & Visual Journalism. Working closely with The Post’s engineering and product teams, Bank will lead newsroom areas focused on audience growth and strategy, curation and distribution, new story formats and visual journalism. Bank returns […]
Kaur joins WaPo as general assignment reporter
The Washington Post has hired Anumita Kaur as a general assignment reporter to cover breaking news and to write of-the-moment features. Kaur joined from the Los Angeles Times, where she was a Washington-based fellow covering Congress and the White House, the Jan. 6 hearings, and the Biden administration’s actions on covid-19 and the climate. Before […]
