The Atlantic catches up with the Washington Post staff as it prepares to cover Trump ‘rigorously’
Progressive newspaper The Atlantic caught up with some of The Washington Post’s best political reporters ahead of the new year.
According to a new report from The New York Times, the paper is looking to step up its political coverage for a second Trump presidency.
The Atlantic’s managing editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, told The Times, “We want to rigorously cover the incoming administration. I want to build our team with the best political reporters and editors I can find.”
The Washington Post is losing some of its top political writers to a rival liberal outlet, The Atlantic. (Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The outlet’s political expansion made waves after it recently nabbed two prominent Washington Post reporters for its roster — the Post’s senior national political correspondent Ashley Parker and national political reporter Michael Scherer.
The Times noted that the two prominent journalists “will join a strong political team at the Atlantic that includes Elaina Plott Calabro, McKay Coppins and Mark Leibovich.”
The media is looking to hire “about a dozen new reporters and editors to bolster its political coverage,” The Times wrote, citing an Atlantic spokesman.
The Atlantic is in talks to hire more Washington Post reporters soon, the paper said, citing sources familiar with the discussions. He also hired Washington Post national security reporter Shane Harris earlier this year.
The hiring spree comes after a year of success and growth for the liberal publication. The Atlantic announced earlier this year that it had surpassed one million subscribers and has since added more than 100,000.
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The Atlantic is looking to hire political reporters from rival outlets to cover the second Trump administration. ((AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File))
Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobswidow of Steve Jobs, has a controlling interest in Atlantic through ownership of the Emerson Collective. She is also a Democratic megadonor and a close friend of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Meanwhile, The Post has lived through a year of turmoil.
Executive editor Sally Buzbee left the publication in June in a surprise move that followed a newsroom restructuring that insiders described as “head-spinning” and “poorly processed.”
All of this happened as financial problems continued to plague The Washington Post, which has struggled to stay profitable in recent years. In 2023, the paper lost over 70 million dollars and half of its audience.
The paper is on track to lose $77 million in 2024.
Just before the election, The Post lost 250,000 paid subscribersmultiple editorial board members and editor-in-chief Robert Kagan after owner Jeff Bezos blocked the paper from endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024. The paper was set to endorse Harris before Bezos intervened.
The Washington Post did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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