Former Posties
A list of people who used to work for the newspaper famous for losing talent.
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@gbrockell.bsky.social
@katzish.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent.
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize winning Editorial Cartoonist Open Windows at http://anntelnaes.substack.com Archived work at http://anntelnaes.com
@brianfung.me
Tech policy reporter. Previously CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖 Streaming Mon-Wed-Fri mornings US Eastern time on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brainfungi
@feltman.bsky.social
Writer (science, history, sad gay ghost stories) // editor // Host of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week + Science Quickly // Author of Been There Done That: A Rousing History of Sex // Past: WaPo, PopSci // Now: Working on my bog body
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@terri.bsky.social
Political editor at The 19th, formerly at The Washington Post. Tar Heel. Posting about gender and politics and also dogs.
@cingraham.bsky.social
Senior reporter, Minnesota Reformer. Formerly Washington Post. Heading to upstate New York and on the job market. If you're hiring, drop me a line: christopher@minnesotareformer.com.
@paulwaldman.bsky.social
Columnist for MSNBC and The Daily Beast. Formerly: Washington Post, The Week, American Prospect. Host of The Cross Section podcast and author of The Cross Section newsletter: paulwaldman.substack.com
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com
I write about culture, history, and power. Pulitzer finalist for criticism. currently: working on a book previously: The Undefeated, WaPo (Pre-Bezos, mostly) she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Freelance writer, editor & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@gbrockell.bsky.social
I write about history. Former staff writer at WaPo now enjoying having opinions in public. Former flight attendant. She/her. https://hardghistory.ghost.io/