The Washington Post

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Not to be confused with The Washington Times.

The Washington Post
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The Washington Post print edition on June 10, 2020
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Nash Holdings
Founder(s)Stilson Hutchins
PublisherWilliam Lewis[1]
Editor-in-chiefMatt Murray
Staff writers~1,050 (journalists)[2]
FoundedDecember 6, 1877; 146 years ago (1877-12-06)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersOne Franklin Square, 1301 K Street NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.[3]
CountryUnited States
Circulation139,232 average print circulation[4]
ISSN0190-8286
OCLC number2269358
Websitewashingtonpost.com Edit this at Wikidata

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. As of 2023, the Post has 135,980 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which are the third-largest among U.S. newspapers after The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

The Post was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The Post's 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the investigation into the break-in at the Democratic National Committee, which developed into the Watergate scandal and the 1974 resignation of President Richard Nixon. In October 2013, the Graham family sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, a holding company owned by Jeff Bezos, for $250 million.[7]

As of 2024, the newspaper had won the Pulitzer Prize 76 times for its work,[8] the second-most of any publication after The New York Times.[9][10] It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S.[11][12][13] Post journalists have received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards.[14][15] The paper is well known for its political reporting and is one of the few remaining American newspapers to operate foreign bureaus,[16] with international breaking news hubs in London and Seoul.[17]

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  8. ^ "The Washington Post wins three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes". Washington Post. May 8, 2023. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 6, 2024. Including the 2023 awards, The Post has won 73 Pulitzer Prizes since 1936.
  9. ^ "The Washington Post wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for groundbreaking climate change coverage". The Washington Post (Press release). May 4, 2020. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020.
  10. ^ Watson, Amy. "Media companies with the most Pulitzer awards in the U.S. 2018". Statista. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  11. ^ Frost, Corey; Weingarten, Karen; Babington, Doug; LePan, Don; Okun, Maureen (May 30, 2017). The Broadview Guide to Writing: A Handbook for Students (6th ed.). Broadview Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55481-313-1. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  12. ^ Barton, Greg; Weller, Paul; Yilmaz, Ihsan (December 18, 2014). The Muslim World and Politics in Transition: Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement. A&C Black. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-4411-5873-4. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  13. ^ Doctor, Ken (December 3, 2015). "On The Washington Post and the 'newspaper of record' epithet". POLITICO Media. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
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  15. ^ "Jobs at". www.theladders.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  16. ^ Kaphle, Anup (March 1, 2015). "The foreign desk in transition". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "The Washington Post announces breaking-news reporters for Seoul hub". The Washington Post (Press release). July 12, 2021. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2023.