Sally Buzbee, senior vice-president and executive editor of the Associated Press, was named on Tuesday as the new executive editor of the Washington Post, succeeding the retired Marty Baron. Kevin Merida, an African American editor once of the Post but who moved to ESPN, was widely discussed but was named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times earlier this month. The widely revered Baron led the Post from 2013, guiding a resurgence under the ownership of the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. She was correspondent in San Diego, and then in 1995 joined the Washington bureau. The AP is immediately launching a search for a new executive editor.

Source: The Guardian May 11, 2021 16:52 UTC