After a Year of Turmoil, The Washington Post Is Taking Note of Its Journalism Again
After a brutal year of headlines about The Washington Post, executive editor Matt Murray sounded almost relieved to be talking about journalism.
In an interview, he was touting "100 scoops in 100 days" about the Post's coverage of the Trump administration's first weeks. What sounds like a publicist's confection has truth behind it, with reporters putting their heads down and working, notably on stories involving the federal workforce and spending cuts.
Most stories about the Post in the past few months have been negative, including publisher Will Lewis' botched reorganization that led to former executive editor Sally Buzbee's resignation last June, owner Jeff Bezos asserting himself over the opinion section, and defections among journalists worried about the outlet's direction.