RD DC Roundup: Barbara Vobejda Upped to Deputy Managing Editor at WaPo; Ellen Mitchell Joins The Hill

A promotion and a new hire

The Washington Post ups Post vet Barbara Vobejda, “one of the newsroom’s favorite people” according to a note from executive editor Marty Baron and managing editors Cameron Barr and Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, to deputy managing editor. Vobejda, who has been at the Post since 1984, was news editor before this promotion.

Vobejda started at the Post as a reporter covering Maryland’s Prince George’s County. During her more than three-decade career there she has has also covered education, social policy and reported for the investigative team.

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