WaPo taps Sieff to serve as an investigative correspondent
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s foreign editor Douglas Jehl, deputy foreign editor Jennifer Amur, senior editor for international investigations Peter Finn and sports editor Matthew Vita: We’re thrilled to announce a new role on the foreign desk for Kevin Sieff. Kevin will take on a new assignment as an international […]
WaPo welcomes 30 interns to its Class of 2023
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post is thrilled to announce its 2023 summer intern class. For 60 years, The Post has welcomed college juniors, seniors and graduate students into the newsroom to work alongside some of the world’s best journalists. The interns represent 17 colleges and universities and […]
WaPo lays off 20 staffers, shutters gaming section
The Washington Post is the latest company to let go of employees, laying off 20 staff members from different departments, a move that publisher Fred Ryan had warned of last month. In addition, the Post pulled the plug on Launcher, the newspaper’s gaming vertical that launched in 2019. “Sally Buzbee, executive editor of The Post, […]
WaPo adds Coleman as photo editor, Kondrich as designer
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post: Washington Post Editorial Page Editor David Shipley has named Chloe Coleman opinion’s first-ever Photo Editor and Michelle Kondrich as a designer, part of the section’s investment in visual coverage. Coleman, a photo editor for The Post’s newsroom for nearly 10 years, will helm an […]
Jackson joins WaPo as overnight editor
The following was sent out from The Washington Post‘s curation desk editor Kenisha Malcolm, night home page editor Kimberly Walker and deputy curation desk editor Emily Tsao: We are pleased to announce that Kaylah Jackson is joining the Curation Desk as an overnight editor. In this key role for our 24-hour newsroom, Kaylah will […]
Sullivan joins The Guardian US as weekly columnist
Margaret Sullivan, one of America’s leading journalists and media commentators, has joined The Guardian US as a weekly columnist to write on media, politics, culture, and moral/political debates of the moment. An award-winning journalist, Sullivan’s recently a media columnist with The Washington Post, where she wrote about the news media, press rights and digital transformation […]
Meyer departs WaPo for Baltimore Sun, Orioles beat
Jacob Calvin Meyer, a sports reporter at The Washington Post, will make the drive up I-95 to join the Baltimore Sun as an Orioles baseball reporter. Previously, Meyer worked at Sun from May 2019 to October 2021 as a sports and news reporter. He was a sports reporter at the York Dispatch and a sports […]
Bezos makes surprise visit to WaPo newsroom amid layoff fears
No, he didn’t beam in via Blue Origin spaceship orbiting Earth. But perhaps the surprise visit of Amamzon.com founder Jeff Bezos served the purpose of providing some rocket fuel to lift newsroom morale at the Washington Post. The Post, unlike other major news organizations, is going through a push-pull of naming many new hires while […]
WaPo charitable initiative raises more than $400K for local charities
The following was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post Helping Hand, a charitable giving initiative, raised over $410,000 for three D.C.-area nonprofits: Bread for the City, Friendship Place and Miriam’s Kitchen. The Post drew donations through an eight-week holiday giving campaign that included weekly columns by Local Columnist John Kelly about the inspiring ways […]
WaPo hires Loofbourow as TV critic
The Washington Post has tapped Lili Loofbourow to serve as a TV critic. In her new role, she will lead the Post’s TV coverage, write reviews and produce trend pieces. Recently, Loofbourow was a staff writer at the Slate, where she worked for five years covering TV, politics, gender, comedy, fandoms and social media. She […]
