WSJ expected to hire Washington Post’s Dawsey
The Wall Street Journal is expected to hire Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey, according to Oliver Darcy in his Status newsletter. Darcy writes, “A spokesperson for The Journal didn’t respond to an inquiry, but Dawsey — who is currently on leave writing a book about the 2024 presidential campaign — will start at the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadsheet […]
Washington Post hires Spring from Reuters
Washington Post climate and environment editor Zachary Goldfarb, deputy climate and environment editor Juliet Eilperin and climate and environment power and politics editor Roger Hodge sent out the following on Friday: We are excited to announce that Jake Spring is joining The Washington Post as a Climate and Environment Enterprise Reporter. Jake comes to The […]
Washington Post hires WSJ’s Strobel
The Washington Post has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Warren Strobel as an intelligence reporter. He will start Jan. 6. He has covered American foreign policy, national security and intelligence agencies for 35 years, in Washington and overseas. He has travelled with seven secretaries of state; reported from nearly 100 countries; and deployed to war zones and […]
Washington Post announces start of third newsroom
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last few months, colleagues from the newsroom, opinion and business teams have focused on creating and developing a plan for WP Ventures, formerly known as the “Third Newsroom.” The goal is to explore how The Washington Post can effectively grow our […]
Washington Post hires former WSJ ME Pensiero as standards editor
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Thursday: I’m delighted to share the news that Karen Pensiero will be joining The Post in January as our Standards Editor, a new masthead position reporting to me. Karen, the former managing editor at The Wall Street Journal, is passionate about fair, ethical and independent journalism. […]
Washington Post seeks a media editor
The Washington Post is looking for a media editor to lead a team of reporters on breaking stories and enterprise features about the fast-paced, vital and continuously evolving world of modern news media. The ideal candidate will bring a thoughtful yet urgent approach rooted in deep knowledge of the contemporary media scene, and be able […]
Washington Post hires Najmabadi as breaking biz news reporter
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, deputy business editor Sandhya Somashekhar, business breaking news editor Robbie DiMesio, deputy business breaking news editor Sergio Non and weekend business editor Helen Fessenden sent out the following on Monday: We’re excited to announce that Shannon Najmabadi is joining The Post as a breaking news reporter on the Business desk, […]
Macmillan wins Welles Prize
Washington Post reporter Douglas MacMillan has won the Welles Prize from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. MacMillan, Bagehot class of 2017, was awarded the Welles Prize for his work on Memory Inc., a series of stories in The Post investigating how elderly people with memory problems had wandered away from the assisted living […]
What led Lorenz to leave the Washington Post
David Folkenflik of NPR writes about the departure of tech columnist Taylor Lorenz from The Washington Post to start her own publication. Folkenflik writes, “Lorenz’s professional fate at the paper was in doubt even prior to her announcement. Since August, its editors had grappled with the disclosure that Lorenz had labeled President Biden a ‘war criminal’ in a […]
Washington Post hires Ackerman to cover the Fed
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, deputy business editor Sandhya Somashekhar, economics editor Jennifer Liberto and Washington economics editor Mike Madden sent out the following on Monday: We are thrilled to announce that Andrew Ackerman, who has spent more than 13 years covering financial regulation in Washington, will be joining the Economics team to cover […]
