- Dan Zak
- Reporter
Dan Zak is a general assignment reporter based in the Style section. Previous assignments include Seattle for the mid-term elections, Louisiana and Mississippi for the BP oil leak, Sunset Boulevard for the Vanity Fair Oscar party, Iraq for the final months of the U.S. military presence, the White House for official and casual pageantry, and rural Virginia, exurban Maryland and non-federal Washington for the odd feature story. Previously covered southern Maryland for the Metro section and co-bylined the Three Wise Guys humor column. Joined the Post in 2005, after stints as an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a city-desk reporter and obituary writer at The Buffalo News. Born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y.
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