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Four of the major category winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize represent small nonprofit newsrooms, including "Missing in Chicago" by Trina Reynolds-Tyler and Sarah Conway, "Beneath the Surface" by the Invisible Institute and City Bureau, "American Icon" by The Washington Post and the catastrophic flooding and mudslide breaking news coverage by Lookout Santa Cruz. These investigations and reporting efforts have shed light on missing Black women and girls, the impact ...

We are delighted to announce that Peter Wallsten will shape the next chapter of the investigative unit as its new editor, carrying forward the department’s…

By David Bonior Columnist Cap gun, squirt gun, pop gun, dart gun, BB gun, 22rifle, M16 assault weapon, AK47 assault weapon. Growing up in the late 1940s and 50s, I was given “toy” guns for Christmas. In the U.S. we have a long history with guns. In the 1950s cowboys, gangsters, and soldiers brandished guns […]

Washington Post national editor Philip Rucker, deputy national editor Amy Fiscus and senior national enterprise editor Peter Wallsten sent out the following…

And Michigan says Donald Trump can remain on the state's ballot.

Lucy Morgan cleared the trail for many women journalists in Florida. Causing trouble — for the powerful, at least — was her job.

“Watching Lucy bring in a scoop was a sight to behold: a chance to experience how and why her sources trusted her and to witness her cajoling and chasing legislators until they copped to whatever intel she was seeking.” -- Peter Wallsten, senior national investigations editor at The Washington Post and former Miami Herald political reporter

“As much as she delighted in a good scoop, she loved it even more when it was one of her protégés doing the digging.”

For the second day in a row, The Washington Post showed it was bored by the IRS scandal by putting the hearings story inside the paper. Instead, the top of Wednesday's post seized on the favorite liberal scandal du jour: "Military chiefs lament sex assaults but  reject Senate bill." Their Post Express tabloid screamed this front-page headline: "CAN THE MILITARY CURE ITS 'CANCER'?"

The following excerpt was sent out from national editor Matea Gold, deputy national editor Philip Rucker and senior national investigations editor Peter…