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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]]<ref name="DCTopNewspapers">{{cite web |title=District of Columbia's Top 10 Newspapers by Circulation |url=https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/district-of-columbias-top-10-newspapers-by-circulation/ |website=Agility PR Solutions |access-date=March 24, 2020 |date=October 16, 2015 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324060133/https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/district-of-columbias-top-10-newspapers-by-circulation/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gaaserud2014">{{cite book |last=Gaaserud |first=Michaela Riva |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA556 |title=Moon Virginia & Maryland: Including Washington DC |date=February 11, 2014 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-61238-517-4 |page=556 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901083353/https://books.google.com/books?id=bpXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA556 |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[List of newspapers in the United States|third-largest]] among U.S. newspapers after '' | '''''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]]<ref name="DCTopNewspapers">{{cite web |title=District of Columbia's Top 10 Newspapers by Circulation |url=https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/district-of-columbias-top-10-newspapers-by-circulation/ |website=Agility PR Solutions |access-date=March 24, 2020 |date=October 16, 2015 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324060133/https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/district-of-columbias-top-10-newspapers-by-circulation/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gaaserud2014">{{cite book |last=Gaaserud |first=Michaela Riva |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA556 |title=Moon Virginia & Maryland: Including Washington DC |date=February 11, 2014 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-61238-517-4 |page=556 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901083353/https://books.google.com/books?id=bpXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA556 |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[List of newspapers in the United States|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 (financier)|Eugene Meyer]] purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors [[Katharine Graham|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 [[Presidency of Richard Nixon#Resignation of Richard Nixon|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3015350/the-real-reason-jeff-bezos-bought-the-washington-post|title=The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post|date=August 6, 2013|work=Fast Company|access-date=March 28, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329054601/https://www.fastcompany.com/3015350/the-real-reason-jeff-bezos-bought-the-washington-post|url-status=live}}</ref> | 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 (financier)|Eugene Meyer]] purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors [[Katharine Graham|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 [[Presidency of Richard Nixon#Resignation of Richard Nixon|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3015350/the-real-reason-jeff-bezos-bought-the-washington-post|title=The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post|date=August 6, 2013|work=Fast Company|access-date=March 28, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329054601/https://www.fastcompany.com/3015350/the-real-reason-jeff-bezos-bought-the-washington-post|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
As of 2024, the newspaper had won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] 76 times for its work,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-08 |title=The Washington Post wins three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/05/08/washington-post-wins-three-2023-pulitzer-prizes/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |quote="Including the 2023 awards, The Post has won 73 Pulitzer Prizes since 1936."}}</ref> the second-most of any publication after '' | As of 2024, the newspaper had won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] 76 times for its work,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-08 |title=The Washington Post wins three 2023 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/05/08/washington-post-wins-three-2023-pulitzer-prizes/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |quote="Including the 2023 awards, The Post has won 73 Pulitzer Prizes since 1936."}}</ref> the second-most of any publication after ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{cite press release |title=The Washington Post wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for groundbreaking climate change coverage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2020/05/04/washington-post-wins-2020-pulitzer-prize-explanatory-reporting-groundbreaking-climate-change-coverage/ |url-status=live |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511063422/https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2020/05/04/washington-post-wins-2020-pulitzer-prize-explanatory-reporting-groundbreaking-climate-change-coverage/ |archive-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Pulitzers count">{{cite web |last=Watson |first=Amy |title=Media companies with the most Pulitzer awards in the U.S. 2018 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/945236/most-awarded-media-usa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914143538/https://www.statista.com/statistics/945236/most-awarded-media-usa/ |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |website=Statista}}</ref> It is considered a [[newspaper of record]] in the U.S.<ref name="FrostWeingarten2017">{{cite book |last1=Frost |first1=Corey |last2=Weingarten |first2=Karen |last3=Babington |first3=Doug |last4=LePan |first4=Don |last5=Okun |first5=Maureen |title=The Broadview Guide to Writing: A Handbook for Students |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rGhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 |url-status=live |publisher=Broadview Press |edition=6th |date=May 30, 2017 |page=27 |access-date=February 18, 2023 |isbn=978-1-55481-313-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629112957/https://books.google.com/books?id=7rGhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 |archive-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref><ref name="BartonWeller2014">{{cite book |last1=Barton |first1=Greg |last2=Weller |first2=Paul |last3=Yilmaz |first3=Ihsan |title=The Muslim World and Politics in Transition: Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uZzNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 |url-status=live |publisher=A&C Black |date=December 18, 2014 |pages=28– |access-date=March 9, 2020 |isbn=978-1-4411-5873-4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216020426/https://books.google.com/books?id=uZzNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 |archive-date=December 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Doctor |first=Ken |title=On The Washington Post and the 'newspaper of record' epithet |url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/12/on-the-washington-post-and-the-newspaper-of-record-epithet-004303 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065512/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2015/12/on-the-washington-post-and-the-newspaper-of-record-epithet-004303/ |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=December 16, 2021 |website=POLITICO Media |date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> ''Post'' journalists have received 18 [[Nieman Fellowship]]s and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Washington Post {{!}} Roper Center for Public Opinion Research |url=https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/washington-post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416014858/https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/washington-post |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=ropercenter.cornell.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jobs at |url=https://www.theladders.com/company/washingtonpost-jobs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214003852/https://www.theladders.com/company/washingtonpost-jobs |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=www.theladders.com}}</ref> The paper is well known for its [[political reporting]] and is one of the few remaining American newspapers to operate [[News bureau|foreign bureau]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the_foreign_desk_in_transition.php |title=The foreign desk in transition |last=Kaphle |first=Anup |date=March 1, 2015 |publisher=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |access-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901083354/https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the_foreign_desk_in_transition.php |url-status=live}}</ref> with international [[breaking news]] hubs in [[London]] and [[Seoul]].<ref>{{Cite press release |date=July 12, 2021 |title=The Washington Post announces breaking-news reporters for Seoul hub |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2021/07/12/washington-post-announces-breaking-news-reporters-seoul-hub/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726175714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2021/07/12/washington-post-announces-breaking-news-reporters-seoul-hub/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
[[File:The Washington Post Headquarters (53844901799).jpg|thumb|Headquarters of ''The Washington Post'' at One Franklin Square]] | [[File:The Washington Post Headquarters (53844901799).jpg|thumb|Headquarters of ''The Washington Post'' at One Franklin Square]] | ||
{{Overview section|date=August 2023}} | {{Overview section|date=August 2023}} | ||
''The Washington Post'' is regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers along with '' | ''The Washington Post'' is regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers along with ''The New York Times'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/51/474/6821 |title=Washington Post – Daily Newspaper in Washington DC, USA with Local News and Events |publisher=Mondo Times |access-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614005908/https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/51/474/6821 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Post'' has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government. It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S.<ref name="FrostWeingarten2017" /><ref name="BartonWeller2014" /> | ||
''The Washington Post'' does not print an edition for distribution away from the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its ''National Weekly Edition'' due to shrinking circulation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Post's National Weekly Edition to Close |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612141018/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The majority of its newsprint readership is in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |work=The Washington Post Media |title=The Washington Post's Circulation and Reach |access-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120080706/http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |archive-date=November 20, 2008}}</ref> | ''The Washington Post'' does not print an edition for distribution away from the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its ''National Weekly Edition'' due to shrinking circulation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Post's National Weekly Edition to Close |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612141018/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The majority of its newsprint readership is in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |work=The Washington Post Media |title=The Washington Post's Circulation and Reach |access-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120080706/http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |archive-date=November 20, 2008}}</ref> | ||
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=== Employee relations === | === Employee relations === | ||
In 1986, five employees, including ''Newspaper Guild'' unit chairman Thomas R. Sherwood and assistant Maryland editor [[Claudia Levy]], sued ''The Washington Post'' for overtime pay, stating that the newspaper had claimed that budgets did not allow for overtime wages.<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Post Faces Suit Charging Abuse of Overtime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |work= | In 1986, five employees, including ''Newspaper Guild'' unit chairman Thomas R. Sherwood and assistant Maryland editor [[Claudia Levy]], sued ''The Washington Post'' for overtime pay, stating that the newspaper had claimed that budgets did not allow for overtime wages.<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Post Faces Suit Charging Abuse of Overtime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |work=The New York Times |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 2, 1986 |page=A20 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215040116/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In June 2018, over 400 employees of ''The Washington Post'' signed an open letter to the owner Jeff Bezos demanding "fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and health care; and a fair amount of job security." The open letter was accompanied by video testimonials from employees, who alleged "shocking pay practices" despite record growth in subscriptions at the newspaper, with salaries rising an average of $10 per week, which the letter claimed was less than half the rate of inflation. The petition followed on a year of unsuccessful negotiations between ''The Washington Post'' [[Guild]] and upper management over pay and benefit increases.<ref>{{cite web| author=Isobel Asher Hamilton| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| title=More than 400 Washington Post staffers wrote an open letter to Jeff Bezos calling out his 'shocking' pay practices| website=Business Insider| date=June 15, 2018| access-date=June 18, 2018| archive-date=June 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618082731/http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| url-status=live}}</ref> | In June 2018, over 400 employees of ''The Washington Post'' signed an open letter to the owner Jeff Bezos demanding "fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and health care; and a fair amount of job security." The open letter was accompanied by video testimonials from employees, who alleged "shocking pay practices" despite record growth in subscriptions at the newspaper, with salaries rising an average of $10 per week, which the letter claimed was less than half the rate of inflation. The petition followed on a year of unsuccessful negotiations between ''The Washington Post'' [[Guild]] and upper management over pay and benefit increases.<ref>{{cite web| author=Isobel Asher Hamilton| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| title=More than 400 Washington Post staffers wrote an open letter to Jeff Bezos calling out his 'shocking' pay practices| website=Business Insider| date=June 15, 2018| access-date=June 18, 2018| archive-date=June 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618082731/http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| url-status=live}}</ref> | ||