Howell's Out, Alexander's In As WaPo Ombudsman

But Deborah Howell’s term as ombudsman of the Washington Post is up soon and, today, Katharine Weymouth announced that Cox Newspaper’s Washington bureau chief, Andrew Alexander, will be the paper’s ombudsman for a two-year term beginning on Feb. 2.

Full internal memo, obtained by FishbowlDC, after the jump…

I am very pleased to announce that Andrew Alexander, currently the
Washington bureau chief for Cox Newspapers, will become The Washington Post’s ombudsman for a two-year term beginning Feb.