WaPo announces plans to increase investigative journalism staff
By John Bowden - 06/20/19 02:18 PM EDT
The Washington Post announced Thursday that it would hire nearly a dozen investigative journalists to supplement existing teams and expand the Post's existing investigations unit.
In a press release, the Post's editors said the expansion would include five additions to the Post's Investigative Unit and five other investigative journalists to other beats in the newsroom, including foreign policy and climate change.
“The Post has a long and distinguished history of groundbreaking investigative journalism,†said executive editor Martin Baron in the press release.
“This expansion is very much in that tradition, and it accentuates one of our newsroom’s greatest assets," he continued. "Our goal is to further strengthen an already robust Investigative Unit and to continue distributing investigative firepower throughout the newsroom.â€
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