WaPo Digital Revamp Continues: Taylor Swiped from BI; Rucker Promoted
WaPo has promoted Philip Rucker from White House correspondent to national politics reporter and has hired Adam Taylor away from Business Insider to contribute to its “WorldViews” foreign affairs blog.
Taylor had been an editor at BI since 2010. His addition to “WoldViews” is part of WaPo editor Marty Baron’s plan to develop “verticals,” or areas of specialization, within the WaPo website to allow readers to browse content by subject matter.
Rucker’s promotion comes after 8 years of writing for WaPo, and in a memo from Cameron Barr, Anne Kornblut, and Steven Ginsberg announcing the move, he is described as a reporter who “files often and at all hours for our digital platforms, and an enthusiastic user of social media.”
Both hires are in keeping with Baron’s efforts, announced
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