The Atlantic magazine has nabbed two major journalism stars from The Washington Post at year’s end, senior political reporters Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer.
The magazine owner, Laurene Powell Jobs, the billionaire widow of Steve Jobs, was involved in recruiting these veteran talents from the Post, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The Post has suffered a major blow to its morale in the recent decision by owner Jeff Bezos not to endorse Kamala Harris, in opposition to his editorial page staff.
Bezos also recently met personally with president-elect Donald Trump, while the newsroom continues to search for a permanent editor in chief.