Sally Buzbee, who had served as the executive director for the Washington Post , since 2021, stepped over from her place, according to a declaration from the paper.
In a statement released on Sunday, the newspaper revealed that Matt Murray, who had formerly served as the Wall Street Journal‘s editor-in-chief, would take Buzbee’s place.
Sally Buzbee has resigned as Executive Editor of The Washington Post as of today. Buzbee has been a part of The Washington Post since 2021, helping to run the office through the turmoil of the epidemic and expanding its coverage of climate and well-being, according to a statement from the Washington Post.
Murray will continue to be the Washington Post‘s executive director until the 2024 presidential election, according to the assertion. Robert Winnett, The Telegraph Media Group’s deputy editor, may succeed him.
William Lewis, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, quoted Buzbee as saying” an outstanding leader and a extremely talented media professional who will be sorely missed.”
As people of The Washington Post via Getty Images gather in the office to see the lectures on May 9, 2022, in Washington, DC, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee addresses after the report was given the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. ( Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images )
” I wish her all the best going frontward”, Lewis added.
The Washington Post is looking to “launch a new sector of the office dedicated to better helping audiences who want to drink and spend for news different from traditional offerings,” according to the newspaper’s declaration.
Service and social media media will be run differently from the main newsroom’s main operation. The goal is to provide compelling, interesting, and accurate information to the millions of Americans who believe traditional media is not for them but still want to be kept informed wherever they are and in the way they want.
This new organizational structure is in line with The Washington Post’s most recent release of its” Build It” plan, which emphasizes the need to break away from the conventional one-size-fits-all approach and produce content for a wider audience and audience. This will focus more on film story, embracing AI to support, and flexible repayment strategies. By the second quarter of this year, the new office division will be operating.
David Folkenflik, a media editor for NPR responded to the announcement of Buzbee’s withdrawal in a blog on X by sharing” ideas, based on conversations with six people with knowledge of activities, overlaid with a touch of research”.
” First: Will Lewis wanted to force out Sally Buzbee and bring a trusted pal to run the WaPo newsroom”, Folkenflik wrote. ” He wanted to make his mark”.
Folkenflik wrote that” Buzbee did n’t want to give up her job for an unsatisfying position,” adding that Lewis was unable to have his friend,” a Brit with no US experience,” in charge of the newsroom during a “heated presidential election cycle.”
” Enter Murray”, Folkenflik added.
Kelly Jane Torrance, an editor- at- large with the New York Post wrote in a post on X that there was “zero surprise” with this news.
” Journalism remains a very male- dominated industry- despite all the liberal virtue signaling”, Torrance added.
Before stepping down, Buzbee had previously been the newspaper’s first female executive editor.
