Snell to join WaPo as embedded video editor on foreign desk
The Washington Post has hired Joe Snell as an embedded video editor on the foreign desk. Snell begins on Jan. 3. Previously, he worked at Al-Monitor as an editorial team member and video editor. He founded the Assyrian Journal, which covers the global Assyrian community through events, profiles and features. He was a reporter at […]
NY Times appoints Demirjian as a congressional correspondent
The New York Times has tapped Karoun Demirjian to serve as a congressional correspondent in the Washington bureau. She begins on Jan. 9. Demirjian joins the Times after almost a decade at The Washington Post, where she started in the Moscow bureau. Also at the Post, she covered the national security beat on Capitol Hill. […]
WaPo forms Standards desk, announces two staff moves
The following excerpt was sent out: The Washington Post announces the formation of a Standards desk to protect the integrity of news reporting and support Post journalists. Meghan Ashford-Grooms of Kaiser Health News and Carrie Camillo, the deputy editor of the Talent Network, will be The Post’s standards editors, reporting to Deputy Managing Editor Liz […]
Schanen swaps AP for WaPo
The Washington Post has hired Naomi Schanen as a breaking news reporter/video producer in the London hub. Schanen “will write stories and produce videos about the biggest global stories as they develop during the day in Europe.” At the Associated Press, Schanen freelanced as a radio correspondent. She also served as a live video content curator. […]
WaPo adds three staffers to Morning Mix
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s deputy managing editor Sharif Durhams, Morning Mix editor Gina Harkins and deputy Morning Mix editor Jessica Lipscomb: We are excited to announce that Kyle Melnick, Praveena Somasundaram and Daniel Wu are joining Morning Mix as staff writers. Kyle covered high school sports for The Post […]
Washington Post hires Rempfer as GA weekend editor
Washington Post general assignment editor Keith McMillan and deputy managing editor Sharif Durhams sent out the following: We are thrilled to announce that Kyle Rempfer has joined the General Assignment news desk as weekend editor. Kyle will help guide GA reporters on breaking news and produce timely, riveting stories that resonate with readers. Kyle will also […]
WaPo launches interactive ‘Newsprint’ feature
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post today launched “Newsprint,” a personalized interactive feature presenting a subscriber’s most read news topics, journalists and stories from the past year. This new feature builds on The Post’s continued experimentation with tailoring experiences based on a subscriber’s identified interests. “We are relentlessly […]
Washington Post names Chen graphics reporter
The Washington Post has hired Szu Yu Chen as a graphics reporter, based on the West Coast. Recently, Chen was a data and graphics journalist at the Los Angeles Times. Before the Times, she held the same post as an intern at Bloomberg News, Northeastern University’s Barabási Lab and the Boston Globe. Chen has a […]
WaPo Opinion names six to leadership team
The following excerpt was sent out: Washington Post Opinion Editor David Shipley named new leaders in the opinion section, promoting and introducing key roles helping to drive the evolution of one of the industry’s most innovative opinions departments. The opinion section will now have four deputy opinion editors with new or expanded responsibilities. Karen Tumulty, […]
Obuobi to serve as WaPo Well + Being columnist
The following was sent out from The Washington Post’s Well+Being editor Tara Parker Pope: I’m thrilled to announce that Dr. Shirlene Obuobi, a cardiologist, cartoonist and author, will be joining the Well+Being desk of the Washington Post as a regular contributor. Shirlene will write a monthly column about navigating the medical system and create an […]
