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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.
In 1981, Janet Cooke, a staff writer on the Post's "Weeklies" section, received the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her story, "Jimmy's World," a profile of an eight-year-old heroin addict in Washington, D.C. [64] The Post later returned the award when the newspaper revealed the story had been fabricated.
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.
"The Washington Post" (often called "The Washington Post March") is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Since then, it has remained as one of his most popular marches throughout the United States and many other countries.
Alfred Friendly (December 30, 1911 – November 7, 1983) was an American journalist, editor and writer for The Washington Post.He began his career as a reporter with the Post in 1939 and became Managing Editor in 1955.
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Marc Fisher (born December 15, 1958) [1] is a senior editor for The Washington Post, where he writes about national, foreign and local issues. [2] [3] He was previously a Post enterprise editor, leading a team of writers experimenting with new types of storytelling.
Felicia Sonmez is an American journalist. She began her career as a foreign correspondent in Beijing. In 2010, she joined The Washington Post as a political reporter.She is known for her social media activity, for which she was fired from the Post in June 2022.