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Washington Post hires Butler as investigative reporter

Desmond Butler

Desmond Butler has joined The Washington Post as an investigative reporter on its climate and environment team.

There, he will focus on holding companies and governments accountable for actions related to climate change.

Recently, Butler was with the Associated Press where he capped a 15-year career with a posting in Washington as an international investigations reporter. Before Washington, Butler was AP’s chief correspondent in Turkey.

Before that, he was based in Berlin, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar and spent four years reporting on terrorism in Europe for The New York Times.

Butler has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Classics from Georgetown University and a master’s in philosophy and German literature from University College, Oxford.

Mariam Ahmed

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