Rob Winnett said to have decided to stay at the Telegraph after facing critical reporting from Post’s own journalists
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., had been due to take over the Washington Post newsroom in the autumn.
Winnett had been hired to join the Washington Post by his old colleague Will Lewis, who is facing a staff rebellion over his plans to remake the loss-making US news outlet, which is owned by the billionaire Jeff Bezos. The hiring of Winnett, which followed the departure of former editor Sally Buzbee, would have made him one of the most powerful people in US media.
Lewis later emailed Washington Post to say that “with regret” the “incredibly talented” Winnett had withdrawn from the position of editor. He said the search for a new editor would begin immediately and that this time there would be external recruiters involved, to ensure “a timely but thorough search for this important leadership role”.
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