UK editor backs out of top Washington Post job after US scrutiny of his past

[Hume]

The British journalist hired to lead the Washington Post’s newsroom has backed out of the job after the US newspaper’s own reporters began digging into his past.

Rob Winnett, the deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph, had been due to take over the Washington Post newsroom in the autumn.


He has decided to stay with the British outlet, according to the Telegraph’s editor, Chris Evans. In an email to staff, Evans added: “He’s a talented chap and their loss is our gain.”

UK editor backs out of top Washington Post job after US scrutiny of his past

Rob Winnett said to have decided to stay at the Telegraph after facing critical reporting from Post’s own journalists

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hume]

Robert Winnett will not join The Post as editor​

The announcement came after days of turmoil at The Post, triggered by the abrupt exit of executive editor Sally Buzbee as well as questions about the past practices of both Winnett and Lewis — veterans of London newsrooms that operate by different rules than their American counterparts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/21/robert-winnett-steps-down-washington-post-lewis-buzbee/

 

[Yakuda]

The British journalist hired to lead the Washington Post’s newsroom has backed out of the job after the US newspaper’s own reporters began digging into his past.

Rob Winnett, the deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph, had been due to take over the Washington Post newsroom in the autumn.


He has decided to stay with the British outlet, according to the Telegraph’s editor, Chris Evans. In an email to staff, Evans added: “He’s a talented chap and their loss is our gain.”

UK editor backs out of top Washington Post job after US scrutiny of his past

Rob Winnett said to have decided to stay at the Telegraph after facing critical reporting from Post’s own journalists

www.theguardian.com

It's hilarious to see when journalists decide to be journalists.

 

[Hume]

A Post investigation published Sunday revealed Winnett’s connections to a confessed con artist turned whistleblower who has admitted using illegal methods to gain information for stories in Britain’s Sunday Times, a paper where Winnett worked before joining the Telegraph.

The New York Times also reported that Winnett and Lewis had based some stories on stolen records, and raised new questions about a payment made to obtain information that led to a 2009 investigation into government corruption that shook the British political establishment and led to several officials’ resignations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/21/robert-winnett-steps-down-washington-post-lewis-buzbee/

Looks like Bezos is losing support of the Washington Post staff.