Connuck joins Charlotte Observer as sports reporter

The Charlotte Observer has hired Shane Connuck as NASCAR reporter. He will join from The Washington Post, where he was a high school sports reporter. Previously, Connuck reported for the Capital News Service and interned at Maryland Athletics. Connuck graduated from the University of Maryland. You can congratulate Connuck via Twitter.

Yahoo names O’Lear senior director of curation and platforms

Coleen O’Lear will join Yahoo News as senior director of curation and platforms. In her new role, she will helm the curation and distribution strategy across all products and platforms. O’Lear will partner with the newsroom and technology teams to find creative and new avenues to surface the right content and engage with audiences. She […]

Washington Post taps Parker as Cairo bureau chief

Washington Post foreign editor Douglas Jehl, deputy foreign editor Jennifer Amur and Middle East editor Jesse Mesner-Hage sent out the following on Friday We’re very happy to announce that Claire Parker will become our next Cairo bureau chief, leading coverage of a vast swath of the Middle East racked by instability and autocracy, where diminished American […]

WaPo promotes Rucker to national editor

The Washington Post has promoted deputy national editor Philip Rucker to the post of national editor. As per the Post: “Starting in September, Rucker will lead a staff of more than 150 journalists who deliver agenda-setting news, investigative and feature coverage of the country on a wide range of topics, including national politics, the federal […]

Jewell joins WaPo’s ‘The 7’ team

The Washington Post has appointed Hannah Jewell as a writer and editor on “The 7” newsletter team, based in Britain. The 7 provides, as its title suggests, coverage of the seven top weekday stories in various categories such as politics and opinion. Jewell will also write The Daily Briefing and help edit The 7 podcast […]

WaPo hires Samaha as sports investigative reporter

Albert Samaha will join The Washington Post as a sports investigative reporter on Aug. 7. He will be based in New York. Recently, Samaha served as a senior reporter at BuzzFeed, a role in which he covered how people navigate global inequalities. During more than eight years there, he held the posts of criminal justice […]

Noack named WaPo’s Afghanistan bureau chief

The Washington Post has appointed Rick Noack Afghanistan bureau chief, based in Istanbul. He begins on Aug. 1. He will also cover Pakistan, working closely with the Post’s Pakistani correspondents. Recently, Noack held the post of Parris correspondent. Before that, he worked as foreign affairs and breaking news reporter in Washington, London and Berlin. He […]

Bloomberg Law hires Chin as an editor

Bloomberg Law has hired Jada Chin to be an editor on its insights and commentary team. She will start later this month. Chin has been at the Washington Post for more than seven years working on the social media team as a coordinator and specialist. She also interned for AARP.

WaPo joins Verizon’s +play

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post announced today that it has joined Verizon’s +play – giving Verizon customers an exclusive three-month subscription (an offer available to new subscribers of The Washington Post for a limited time). The Washington Post is the first major national newspaper with a digital […]

WaPo taps Bailey for new assignment in Atlanta

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s national editor Matea Gold, deputy national editor Philip Rucker and America desk editor Cathleen Decker: We are delighted to announce that national correspondent Holly Bailey is taking on a new assignment based in Atlanta, with the mission of covering a swath of the country from […]