"The Post has an historic obligation — it's right in our name, Washington — to write aggressively, truthfully, thoughtfully about the government and what's happening there," Murray said. "Obviously the Trump administration, whatever one thinks of them, has the most aggressive change program that we've seen in many administrations."
The work breaking stories has been noticeable, said Margaret Sullivan, a former media columnist at the Post who still writes, teaches at Columbia University, and runs the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security there.
"I've been happy to see that," she said. "The place has been through such a difficult time and it's not due to the journalists there. It's because of the ownership and management."