The Washington Post names Sally Buzbee executive editor of The Washington Post, effective June 1, 2021. Buzbee succeeds Marty Baron, who left The Post at the end of February 2021.
“Sally Buzbee has an exceptional record of achievement and a tremendous wealth of experience in leading a global news organization. In an extensive search that included many of the best journalists in America, Sally stood out as the right person to lead The Post going forward. She is widely admired for her absolute integrity, boundless energy, and dedication to the essential role journalism plays in safeguarding our democracy.”
Fred Ryan, Publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
Buzbee has most recently been executive editor and senior VP at The Associated Press. She has overseen the AP global news organization since 2017. Under her leadership, the AP won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their investigation detailing atrocities of the war in Yemen.
The new Post executive editor served as the AP’s Washington bureau chief from 2010 through 2016, where she led AP’s coverage of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. presidential elections and their polling and race-calling operations, as well as coverage of the White House, Congress and the Pentagon.
