Ali Pannoni named The Post’s talent and community editor

Pannoni will help reimagine The Post's community page and will work with editors and reporters to engage our growing digital audience in conversation. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)

Announcement from Head of Audience Strategy and Growth Erika Allen and Head of News Talent Strategy and Development Michelle Jaconi:

We are excited to announce that Ali Pannoni will become The Post’s talent and community editor. In this role, Ali will help reimagine our community page and will work with editors and reporters to engage our growing digital audience in conversation.

Ali’s portfolio will include working on multimedia Q&As that will create a robust and dynamic way for our subscribers to learn from Post reporters, editors and experts.

Ali’s previous work as a social media editor will inform her efforts to provide readers with illuminating peeks into our journalism and help her bring a fresh approach to these efforts. Ali was a pioneer of The Post’s presence on Snapchat and is an expert developing and curating our journalism for Instagram Stories.

Before joining The Post, Ali wrote and produced stories for U.S. News & World Report’s site, concentrating on education and consumer reporting, for more than four years.

Ali grew up in Columbia, Md., and interned for “The Kane Show,” a nationally syndicated radio program, in Rockville. She lives in Maryland with three thriving plants that she collected during the pandemic. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Towson University.