Washington Post | Slate | New York TimesMarcus Brauchli becomes executive editor of the Washington Post on September 8. "It's both a privilege and possibly the most intimidating thing I've ever done to think about coming into an institution with such deep and proud traditions as The Post," says the former Wall Street Journal managing editor. "It's going to be a challenge, obviously, to adjust to a new culture. I'm anticipating having to go through a steep learning curve at hyperspeed." ||
New York Times: Some Post staffers say that changing the leadership in the midst of a hard-fought presidential campaign is an unorthodox and potentially disruptive move. ||
Jack Shafer has
some advice for Brauchli, and
Joel Achenbach writes a memo to his new boss.
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Brauchli got his journalisticic start taking "Animal of the Week" photos (DP)
