Deputy Democracy Editor

The Washington Post is looking for a nimble, creative journalist with outstanding news judgment to join its Democracy team as a deputy editor. This editor will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio that includes the Fact Checker, a signature Washington Post franchise that holds the powerful to account and exposes the origins of misinformation. The job will also involve shepherding explanatory pieces that help our readers understand the mechanics of how American democracy works — or should work. And this editor will develop a new line of coverage that will identify solutions to the problems and threats that weigh on our democratic system, harnessing key forms of storytelling in the process.