The Washington Post’s sports journalists have found a new home.
The Washington Post laid off basically all of its sports section earlier this year, as the Jeff Bezos-owned paper looks to cut costs. The sports section was hit particularly hard. But many of the section’s top journalists have since found a new home.
On Thursday morning, The Athletic announced that it was hiring several of the Washington Post journalists that had lost their jobs.
The New York Times, which owns The Athletic, announced the big move.
“We’re excited to announce the hiring of several Washington Post journalists as The Athletic expands its coverage of the Commanders, launches a new Nationals beat and adds to its growing roster of tennis, opinion and investigative reporters. With these moves, we intend to provide fans in Washington with unparalleled coverage of the teams and sports they love,” the paper announced.
Six Washington Post journalists are joining The Athletic
Barry Svrluga, Spencer Nusbaum, Candace Buckner, Ava Wallace, Adam Kilgore and Jason Murray are joining The Athletic.
Svrluga, one of D.C.’s longest tenured sports writers, will serve as a “Commanders reporter who will also weigh in on the biggest stories in the nation’s capital.
“Barry has worked at The Post since 2003, covering college basketball and football, the Nats and the NFL franchise before becoming a columnist in 2016. He is a national voice on Olympic sports – the Milan Games were the 12th consecutive Olympics he has covered, choosing to go even after The Post shut down its sports desk. Barry is a seven-time winner of the D.C. Sportswriter of the Year award, and author of two books about the Nats.”
Buckner will serve as a national columnist, while Nusbaum will cover the Nationals. Meanwhile, Wallace will cover tennis and other sports, while Kilgore will work as an investigative reporter and Murray will serve as an editor.
Congrats to all.
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