Washington Post appoints Merle editor on the America desk
The Washington Post has named Renae Merle an editor on the America desk. Merle begins her new role on October 2. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “In this position, Renae will manage a team of reporters writing about racial dynamics and the rapid social change across the country, as well as oversee About US, […]
Washington Post hires Ovide as help desk strategy editor
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, technology editor Christina Passariello and personal technology editor Yun-Hee Kim sent out the following on Monday: We are thrilled to announce that Shira Ovide will join The Washington Post as Help Desk strategy editor, a new role aimed at expanding our groundbreaking work to help people make sense of […]
Satija departs Washington Post for Houston Chronicle
Neena Satija has joined the Houston Chronicle as an investigative reporter in its Austin bureau. Recently, Satija held the same position at The Washington Post. Previously, Satija was an investigative reporter, radio producer and environment reporter at The Texas Tribune. She also worked at Reveal and reported for Connecticut Public Radio/Connecticut Mirror. Satija has a […]
Ma to join the Washington Post as breaking news editor in London
Alexandra Ma will join The Washington Post as a breaking news editor in its London hub. She begins Sept. 26. Currently, Ma is a senior news editor at Insider, where she runs the London bureau’s breaking news desk. Ma has been with Insider for more than five years, holding various roles that include news fellow, […]
Bever joins Washington Post’s personal health and wellness team
Lindsey Bever will join The Washington Post’s personal health and wellness team to “cover a variety of personal health topics and essential news. She will also develop deeply reported enterprise stories on chronic illness, mental health and navigating the medical system, among other issues.” Bever begins Sept. 6. Previously, Bever worked on the general assignment […]
Washington Post appoints Sima health and wellness columnist
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s wellness editor Tara Parker-Pope: I am delighted to announce that Richard Sima, a neuroscientist turned science journalist, will be joining The Washington Post’s expanding personal health and wellness team. In this role, Richard will develop a weekly column about the neuroscience of everyday life, focusing […]
Washington Post adds three to its SEO team
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s SEO and operations editor Bryan Flaherty and head of curation and platforms Coleen O’Lear: We are thrilled to announce the addition of three editors to The Post’s SEO team: Candace Mitchell, Gwen Milder and Ashleigh Wilson. These SEO editors will work to create strategies to […]
Washington Post hires Houreld from Reuters to be East Africa bureau chief
Washington Post foreign editor Doug Jehl, deputy foreign editors Jennifer Amur and Susan Levine and senior foreign editor Alan Sipress sent out the following on Monday: We are delighted to announce that Katharine Houreld is joining The Washington Post as East Africa bureau chief, becoming one of three correspondents covering a continent undergoing dramatic changes […]
Washington Post promotes Samuels to senior producer of visual forensics
Elyse Samuels, interim senior producer of visual forensics has been appointed senior producer of visual forensics at The Washington Post. As per the Post: “In this role, Elyse will partner with executive producer Nadine Ajaka to lead our newly expanded team of open-source video and graphics reporters. Elyse brings to the role a keen ability […]
Washington Post names Amenabar general assignment reporter
The Washington Post has tapped Teddy Amenabar to serve as a general assignment reporter on the personal health and wellness team. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “In his new role, Teddy will write stories on the health topics that readers are seeing, searching and talking about on social media platforms, in comments and in […]
