Sally Buzbee made history when she became the first female editor of The Washington Post. Now, she opens up about her frenetic first year atop the masthead—and how the newsroom is combatting “an erosion of trust” on every level.
Buzbee sat by the Israeli ambassador, whom she had a “fascinating conversation” with, and chatted with others: congressmen, people at other news organizations. “I don’t think anyone thinks I’m the best dressed person in town or anything like that,” Buzbee said. “But yeah, I feel comfortable. I mean, as long as the conversation is about ideas.” Ryan, for his part, thinks Buzbee has handled the power-player part of the job “beautifully.
By her own account, Buzbee’s managing style is “empirically” different from Baron’s. “He ran the place with a great deal of authority and without having to rely on lots of other folks,” saidthe paper’s senior managing editor . “Sally wants a more inclusive, collaborative environment.
Another mandate for Buzbee: make the rest of the paper as strong as Baron made national politics and investigations. “Thehad a great sense of urgency around the Trump years,” Buzbee said, and “I think we want that sense of urgency to be across a broader swath in the newsroom.
Witte, who was named Democracy editor in April, spent years overseas covering “functioning democracies and authoritarian regimes and a lot of things in between,” as he put it. Witte said Democracy coverage focuses on the rules of the game, the referees, and the institutions that for so long “were unremarked upon because no one was trying to tear them down or discredit them.
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