Sally Buzbee has resigned as editor-in-chief of The Washington Post, the paper announced Sunday night.
Buzbee, who has led the Post since 2021, will be immediately replaced by former Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Matt Murray until the 2024 election.
Following the election, Telegraph Media Group deputy editor Robert Winnett will become The Washington Post’s new editor in chief, the company announced.
“Sally was a fantastic leader and an incredibly talented media executive. She will be greatly missed and we wish her the best in the future,” Post CEO and Publisher William Lewis said in a statement.
In announcing Buzbee’s departure, the Post said it planned to launch a new division of its newsroom dedicated to “better serving readers who want to consume and pay for news in different ways.”
The new structure comes after Post executives said they needed to “move away from a one-size-fits-all approach” to the business and produce news for a wider range of readers and customers.
The Post said it will focus on “video storytelling, the use of AI and flexible payment methods” and that it plans to have the new newsroom up and running by the third quarter of 2024.
Buzbee is the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of The Washington Post, and comes to the paper from The Associated Press, where she had worked since the late 1980s.
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