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 […]
Washington Post appoints Zezima climate editor
Katie Zezima will join The Washington Post’s climate and environment department as an editor to oversee the science and impact team. Zezima begins on September 12. As per the Post: “Katie will lead a pod of talented journalists covering the latest in climate and environmental science and the impact of a warming planet on the […]
Cho joins Washington Post as breaking news reporter and editor
The Washington Post has hired Kelly Kasulis Cho as a breaking news reporter and editor for its Seoul hub. Cho has been working as a staff editor at the New York Times in Seoul, where she works on the homepage, newsletters and push alerts. She starts Sept. 19. Previously, she served as managing editor/reporter of independent […]
Morris joins health and wellness team at Washington Post
The following excerpt announcement was sent out from The Washington Post’s wellness editor Tara Parker-Pope: I am delighted to announce that Amanda Morris, a trailblazing reporter on the disability beat, is joining The Washington Post’s expanding personal health and wellness team. In this role, Amanda will write on issues related to disability and chronic illness, […]
Washington Post hires Paybarah as a politics breaking news reporter on the National desk
Azi Paybarah has joined The Washington Post as a reporter on the National politics breaking news team. Recently, Paybarah was a reporter on the Politics desk at The New York Times, which he joined in 2018. There, he was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for coverage of the coronavirus […]
Washington Post hires Dennis as audio producer for Post Reports
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of audio Renita Jablonski, “Post Reports” senior producer Maggie Penman and supervising senior producer Reena Flores: We’re delighted to announce that Eliza Dennis is joining The Washington Post as an audio producer on the Post Reports team. Eliza is known as a steady hand […]
Kurzius joins Washington Post as reporter for “The Home You Own”
The Washington Post has hired Rachel Kurzius as a reporter for its “The Home You Own” initiative which is scheduled to launch this fall. Kurzius begins on Aug. 15. She joins from WAMU-FM 88.5, where she was a host/reporter. She contributed to the Washington Post Magazine, Curbed, Washingtonian and the Washington City Paper. She worked […]
Washington Post appoints Barton breaking news video editor for mornings
Jackson Barton, a video intern at The Washington Post has been named breaking news video editor for mornings. Barton will “coordinate with the Universal Desk on live streams, source key videos for developing stories and edit breaking news packages for on- and off-site.” He begins Aug. 15. Previously, Barton interned at Waypoint Robotics, Inc.; KXAN-TV […]
Washington Post names Malhi lead writer for coronavirus newsletter
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s national editor Matea Gold, deputy national Editor Philip Rucker, health and science editor Stephen Smith and deputy health and science editors Carol Eisenberg, Katie Zezima and Tracy Jan: We are delighted to announce that Sabrina Malhi is joining the Health and Science team as lead […]
Washington Post media critic Sullivan departing for Duke University
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post’s media columnist who writes about the news media, press rights and the digital transformation of the culture will leave to join Duke University part time as the 2023 Pamela and Jack Egan Visiting Professor. Sullivan’s last day is Aug. 24. An excerpt from Sullivan’s memo reads: Working at the legendary Washington […]
