WP, First Female Editor-in-Chief in 144-Year History Emerges

Sally Buzzbee Appointed New Director
Joined AP News in 1988, Served as Editor-in-Chief Since 2017
Led Pulitzer Prize Win in 2019

Sally Buzzmi Named New Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Post (WP) [Image Source=AP Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] The Washington Post (WP), a leading U.S. daily newspaper, has appointed its first female editor-in-chief in its 144-year history.

On the 11th (local time), WP announced that Sally Buzbee, editor-in-chief and executive vice president of the Associated Press (AP), has been appointed as the new editor-in-chief.

In a statement released that day, WP said, "The new editor-in-chief Buzbee is the most suitable candidate to lead our news organization," adding, "She has achieved significant results while leading the world's largest news agency."

Buzbee joined the AP in 1988 and served as the Washington bureau chief from 2010 to 2016. As the Washington bureau chief, she led the special coverage teams for the 2012 and 2016 U.S. presidential elections.

Since 2017, Buzbee has served as the AP's editor-in-chief, gaining industry attention by promoting various investigative reports. In 2019, the AP won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting that exposed the humanitarian crisis in the Yemen civil war, and in the same year, it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting criticizing the Trump administration's immigrant family separation policy.

Previously, after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos acquired WP in 2013, the digital subscriber base rose to 3 million, continuously strengthening profitability. Under the leadership of former editor Marty Baron, who is also famous as the editor-in-chief of the film "Spotlight," WP won 10 Pulitzer Prizes. However, internal reporters have criticized WP's personnel composition for lacking racial and gender diversity.

Early last year, WP faced internal backlash after disciplining a reporter who posted allegations of sexual assault against basketball legend Kobe Bryant on social media following his death.

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