Patel, editor at The Washington Post, dies at 35
Neema Roshania Patel, editor of Next Generation Audience Development at The Washington Post, passed away on Oct. 24 at a hospital in Washington. The cause of death was gastric cancer, said her husband, Akshar Patel. Patel joined the Post as a digital editor in 2016. She then served as deputy editor and editor of “The […]
WaPo taps Beachum to serve on Metro desk
Lateshia D. Beachum has joined The Washington Post’s metro desk to cover Prince George’s County government and politics. Recently, Beachum was a reporter on the general assignment desk. Previously, Beachum worked at The Center for Public Integrity, where she joined as a fellow and then served as a political reporter. She interned at The Washington […]
Banner joins Washington Post as social video producer
The Washington Post has hired Jillian Banner as a social video producer for the Next Gen politics team. Banner joined from the Poynter Institute, where she served as a video producer and editor for PolitiFact. Before that, she was an assistant editor for video strategy and a video fellow at The Atlantic, where she produced, […]
WaPo hires McDaniel, Javaid as general assignment reporters
Justine McDaniel has joined The Washington Post’s general assignment desk to cover breaking news and write of-the-moment features. McDaniel was a general assignment news reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she covered the pandemic. Before that, she worked on the policy and solutions team, based in the regional bureau, where she covered general news and state politics, […]
WaPo names Ard as Well+Being’s videographer/producer/editor
The Washington Post has promoted Alexa Juliana Ard to videographer/producer/editor for Well+Being. As per the Post: “In this newly created role, Alexa will be a key collaborator on the visual presentation of our personal health journalism, conceiving of stories and producing, shooting and editing video for multiple platforms.” Recently, Ard was a foreign video editor, […]
WaPo names MacLeod Launcher lead assignment editor
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s Launcher editor Mike Hume and Chris Meighan: We are thrilled to announce that Riley MacLeod will become the lead assignment editor for Launcher, home to The Post’s coverage of video games. Riley will be based in the Washington newsroom and will work with Launcher’s editors, […]
Brasch swaps the Journal-Constitution for WaPo
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s general assignment editor Keith McMillan and deputy managing editor Sharif Durhams: We are delighted to announce that Ben Brasch is joining The Post’s General Assignment desk, where he will cover breaking news and write of-the-moment features. Ben comes to GA from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where […]
Salcedo moves to WaPo’s general assignment desk
Andrea Salcedo, a Morning Mix reporter at The Washington Post, has taken on the role of general assignment reporter. Salcedo was a freelance reporter for Gothamist.com and was a metro desk reporting fellow at The New York Times. She was part of a year-long academic fellowship at ProPublica and interned at CNN en Español, the […]
Rosenwald named obit reporter at WaPo
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s local editor Mike Semel, deputy local editor Maria Glod and Obituaries editor Adam Bernstein: We are thrilled to announce that Michael Rosenwald has joined the Obituaries desk as a reporter. Michael has been on book leave for the past year, working on an ambitious project […]
Washington Post hires Larrubia as biz and tech investigations editor
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, deputy business editor Damian Paletta and technology editor Christina Passariello sent out the following on Friday: We are thrilled to announce that Evelyn Larrubia is joining The Post as investigative editor for technology and business, leading a team of reporters who deliver revelatory journalism about the influence of money […]
