Thursday, March 30, 2023

Washington Post expands international coverage

The Washington Post today announced further expansion 

to its global newsroom and new positions aimed at growing 

Post readership nationally and internationally. These latest 

additions build on years-long investments by The Post to cover 

the news from more locations than ever before and to produce 24/7 

live news coverage that is timely and accessible to people around 

the world at any time of day.


“There is an enormous opportunity to expand the reach of our 

Washington Post journalism and we are moving aggressively 

to seize it,” said Fred Ryan, publisher and 

CEO of The Washington Post. “This next phase of 

our expansion builds on an already strong foundation 

and will better position us to give audiences around 

the world an essential and timely news report that 

encompasses the authoritative coverage that 

The Post is globally renowned for.”


To support this initiative, The Post will add 15 new positions, 

largely based internationally. The majority of positions apply 

to the newsroom but also include advertising and subscriptions roles.

The newsroom positions will be dedicated to enhancing 

The Post’s around-the-clock news operation. The Post first 

established its global live news team in 2021 with the openings 

of news hubs in London and Seoul focused on covering breaking 

news as it unfolds around the world during Washington’s overnight hours.

 The new roles expanding this operation include a senior 

head of audience focused on international growth, visual 

reporters in both news hubs, global audience editors focused 

on SEO, social and analytics and two newsletter editors aimed 

at developing international audience growth through email.

Alesia Lewis, director of finance, and Sara Sorcher, head of the 

London hub, will take on leadership of an international

 coordinating group that has been studying and pursuing 

opportunities to elevate and expand Post offerings 

to global readers. Lewis will serve at the Vice President level 

of the company and Sorcher will take on a senior leadership 

role driving this new initiative.


The Post additionally is expanding its coverage of 

international issues with three new positions: A second 

correspondent in Ukraine, an investigative reporter focused 

on tech and misinformation and a visual forensics 

reporters focused on China.

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