The Washington Post said on Wednesday that the Adam O’Neal, a correspondent from the economist, had hired to be the next opinion editor.
Mr. O’Neal will be charged with performing a new direction for the section laid out by Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post: champion ‘personal freedoms and free markets’. Before he came to the economist, Mr. O’Neal was an editorial page writer at the Wall Street Journal, where the opinion pages are reliable conservative.
Mr. O’Neal, 33, introduced himself to readers in A short video Placed by the Public Relations account of the Post and said that he had been a journalist for a while, “adding that the” Unapologicalless Patriotic “section would be and use” technology to improve our journalism. “
“Chances are that you have probably never heard of me and you might be wondering: who am I?” Said Mr. O’Neal.
Mr O’Neal replaces David Shipley, who resigned this year after Mr Bezos decided to adjust the ideological reach of the section. The opinion of the message has a history of publishing a number of political views, but Mr Bezos tried to limit his focus to emphasize economic and personal freedom.
The opinion of the post is in Tumult most of the past year. Just before the presidential election in November, the post ended The tradition of approving presidential candidates, a decision that came from readers and various opinion personnel. Shortly thereafter, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning cartoonist of the post, Ann Telnaes, resign After a cartoon was critical of the Lord Bezos, he was enriched. Then Mr. Shy departureAnother shock for the staff.
Will Lewis, the chief executive of the position, said in a memo to employees that Mr O’Neal “embodies our core values” and acknowledged “the importance of guaranteeing our opinion coverage is relevant, accessible and consistent for readers who feel chased.”
“Our new direction is not a short -term shift, nor is it tailored to a political party,” Mr Lewis wrote.
The Washington Post recently investigated a plan to sharply increase the number of opinion columns on its website. Internally known as Ripple, the project calls for the post Publishing content of other news organizations, substitations authors and even non -professional writers. A later phase of the plan calls for contributors to make columns with guidance from an AI editing tool called “Ember”, who has not yet debuted. The new project will operate separately from the traditional opinion section that Mr O’Neal will supervise.
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