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The Washington Post, locally known as " the Post " and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area [5] [6] and has a national audience.
It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, with Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, Alison Brie, and Matthew Rhys in supporting roles.
Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company) is a diversified American conglomerate holding company. Headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and incorporated in Delaware, [3] it was formerly the owner of The Washington Post newspaper and Newsweek magazine.
Democracy Dies in Darkness. " Democracy Dies in Darkness " is the official slogan of the American newspaper The Washington Post, adopted in 2017. The slogan was introduced on the newspaper's website on February 22, 2017, [1] and was added to print copies a week later. [2]
Martin Baron (born October 24, 1954) is an American journalist who was editor of The Washington Post from December 31, 2012 until his retirement on February 28, 2021. [1] He was previously editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012; during that period, the Globe ' s coverage of the Boston Catholic sexual abuse scandal earned a Pulitzer Prize .
Eugene Harold Robinson (born March 12, 1954) is an American newspaper columnist and an associate editor of The Washington Post. His columns are syndicated to 262 newspapers by The Washington Post Writers Group. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2011 [2] and served as its chair from 2017 to 2018. [3]
Karen Attiah (born August 12, 1986) is an American writer, journalist, and editor. She is Global Opinions editor and columnist for The Washington Post. Along with David Ignatius, Attiah won a 2019 George Polk Award for their writing about the murder of their colleague Jamal Khashoggi.
The Washington Post has won 65 Pulitzer Prizes [1] in journalism, the second highest of any newspaper or magazine in the United States. It has won the gold medal for Public Service, the most distinguished award, [2] six times.
Frederick Joseph Ryan Jr. [1] (born April 12, 1955) is an American media proprietor, political adviser, and lawyer who served as the publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post from 2014 to 2024.