Washington Post nabs New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan, the
New York Timespublic editor who has emerged as one of the leading critical voices in modern journalism, is headed to
theWashington Postto be a media columnist.
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Sullivan will write a weekly column at the Post and have "a broad mandate to cover media through a variety of formats, everything from a column to blog posts off the news to deeply reported stories," wrote Liz Seymour, executive features editor at WaPo, in a post announcing the move.
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During her three-and-a-half years at the Times, Sullivan emerged as one of the most thoughtful voices in the media world particularly around questions of changing journalism ethics in the transition to digital media.
She published a variety of articles that posed tough questions about the Times. Most recently, she pointed to the paper's spotty coverage of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and questioned how the paper decides to allocate its reporters.
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Sullivan was quoted by Seymour as saying she joined the Post because its “leadership, ambitions, and journalistic excellence make it a very cool place to be.”
Sullivan appears to be leaving on good terms, with Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. writing in a memo that she "ushered the position into a new age" in her time as public editor. Sulzberger added that the paper will soon name a successor for the position, which acts as the paper's ombudsman.
The move was roundly applauded by the media Twitterati.
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Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.
