Arjun comes to The Washington Post from WGBH in Boston, where he produced the three-hour midday news show “Boston Public Radio,” handling the show’s political segments, as well as monthly segments with the mayor and governor. Arjun also wrote stories for WGBH Digital on local and national politics.
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We are delighted to announce that Yeganeh Torbati is joining The Washington Post as economic policy investigations reporter. She will play a central role on the economics team scrutinizing the tax, budget, trade and regulatory decisions made by Washington’s power brokers.
All three journalists have been outstanding in their video roles and their motion-graphics skills will bring added depth and breadth to a high-priority new initiative.
The Design Department is excited to announce that Lucio Villa has been promoted to the role of design editor.Lucio joined us a year ago from the San Francisco Chronicle and has impressed us with his ability to elevate projects, his unflappable demeanor and his imaginative approaches on such projects as the Mekong River, and Virus Global Wave, and as a part of the team that built the Mueller Report Illustrated.
The Washington Post has an opening for the position of managing editor/digital. This managing editor has responsibility for a broad portfolio that encompasses video, audio, graphics, emerging news products, audience and engagement, the multiplatform desk, the universal news desk that oversees the home page, photography, design and newsroom product and operations. This managing editor currently oversees 350 journalists.
La journaliste et réalisatrice française écrira mensuellement sur les problématiques de racisme et de sexisme.
The French journalist and filmmaker will write monthly on issues related to racism and sexism.
Paulina comes to us from The New York Times’s Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean bureau, where she has covered drug trafficking, immigration, regional politics and general news since 2013. Her work with colleague Azam Ahmed on the gripping story about a cartel assassin-turned-informant was part of a series that won a George Polk Award for international reporting.
Mina comes to us from the multiplatform editing desk, where she worked part-time for the past two years. In this role, she was responsible for copy-editing stories, writing headlines and editing projects from all corners of the newsroom.
Paulina comes to GA after more than three years as a standout researcher for the Health 202 and Energy 202 newsletters, covering the day's developments in both sectors.
Darren joins The Post after six years at BuzzFeed News. As a senior politics reporter, he wrote deep, nuanced stories about the Democratic Party, Black electoral politics, voting rights and politics in the South. He profiled Shaun King and Stacey Abrams before they were household names; in 2017, following Trump's election, he wrote a story that asked what happened to Black Lives Matter?
Courtney has distinguished herself on numerous projects over the past five years as a member of the Design department. Her creativity, problem-solving and strong communication skills have contributed to the success of Tigers, Tasmanian Poppies, the “Moonrise” podcast branding and landing page, and other major efforts.
Jacob has experience in this role, having been a Business intern at The Post in 2015 and 2016, before moving to Sports in August of 2016. In March, he temporarily moved from Sports to Business to help cover the economy and emerging recession amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Meryl, who came to The Post through the American University Investigative Workshop, impressed her editors during a stint with Investigative, where she worked on the Opioid Files and the Afghanistan Papers. When Meryl finished every task before editors could come up with more, they approached GA, thinking she might be well-suited to the faster pace.
Samenow is The Washington Post’s Weather Editor and Editor of Capital Weather Gang, where he details weather and climate news. He leads a team of journalists and meteorologists that report daily forecasts, weather maps and graphs, and climate science information.
Briana is a Northern Virginia native and a 2017 graduate of James Madison University, where she was a media arts and design major and worked at the student newspaper, the Breeze, as an opinion columnist and copy editor. Briana also was editor of 22807, which the Society for Professional Journalists named best student magazine for its region in 2016, and was a Dow Jones News Fund intern at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2017 before joining Express.
Allison is a recent graduate from the University of Missouri, where she majored in journalism and minored in business. She also spent her spring working on NBC Nightly News’ digital team in New York City.
Pressed into service in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Steve has worked alongside deputy editor Carol Eisenberg to deliver world-beating scoops on the virus, its evolving mysteries and the bungled American response. Through it all, Steve has been a fount of sharply framed story ideas, wise reporting advice and soothing good cheer -- even when his partner became ill with the virus.
Michael joins us after an extraordinary run on the General Assignment desk. He has spent the past several months on the biggest stories of the day, anchoring the hugely successful coronavirus live updates file, and writing about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the hope among protesters for police reform following the killing of George Floyd.
Previously, Jason was sports editor at The Post-Standard for eight years. He directed a team of writers and editors and is credited with instilling an ethos that places a priority on digital storytelling.
