Joe Davidson
Washington, D.C.
Columnist focusing on federal government issues
Education: University of Michigan, master's in public policy; Oakland University, bachelor's in social science and education
Joe Davidson writes the Federal Insider, formerly the Federal Diary, a Washington Post column on the federal government. For 13 years he was a Washington and foreign correspondent with the Wall Street Journal. Before joining The Post as an assistant city editor in 2005, he was an editor with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. He is a founding board member of the National Association of Black Journalists and is in its Hall of Fame.
At The Wall Street Journal, Davidson covered a broad range of domestic issues and agencies, including health, education and the Justice Department