The progressive newspaper The Atlantic has acquired some of the Washington Post's top political journalists ahead of the new year.
According to A New report From The New York Times The outlet looks to bolster its political coverage of Trump's second presidency.
“We want to cover the incoming administration accurately,” Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg told the Times. “I want to build our team with the best political reporters and editors I can find.”
The Washington Post is losing some of its top political writers to a rival liberal outlet, The Atlantic. (Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The newspaper's political expansion has generated buzz after it recently added two prominent Washington Post reporters to its own roster — Ashley Parker, the Washington Post's chief national political correspondent, and national political correspondent Michael Scherer.
The distinguished journalists “will join a formidable political team at The Atlantic that includes Plot Calabro, MacKay Coppins and Mark Leibowitz,” the Times reported.
The outlet wants to hire “nearly a dozen new reporters and editors to bolster its political coverage,” the Times wrote, citing an Atlantic spokesperson.
The Atlantic is in talks to hire more Washington Post reporters soon, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar with the discussions. It also hired Washington Post national security correspondent Shane Harris earlier this year.
The hiring spree comes after a year of success and growth for Liberal Publishing. The Atlantic announced it had surpassed 1 million subscribers earlier this year and has since added more than 100,000 subscribers.
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The Atlantic is looking to hire political journalists from rival media outlets to cover the second Trump administration. ((AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File))
Billionaire Lauren Powell jobsthe widow of Steve Jobs, has a controlling stake in The Atlantic through its ownership of Emerson Collective. She is also a major Democratic donor and close friend of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post has endured a turbulent year.
Executive editor Sally Buzbee left the newspaper in June in a surprise move followed by a newsroom restructuring that insiders described as “head-spinning” and “Treat it badly“.
All of this happened as financial problems continued to plague The Washington Post, which has struggled to remain profitable in recent years. The newspaper lost more than $70 million and half its audience in 2023.
The newspaper is on track to lose $77 million in 2024.
Just before the election, The Post lost 250,000 paid subscribersand several members of the editorial board and editor-at-large Robert Kagan after owner Jeff Bezos blocked the newspaper from endorsing a 2024 presidential candidate. The newspaper was scheduled to endorse Harris before Bezos intervened.
The Washington Post did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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