Sports Investigative Reporter

The Washington Post is seeking a reporter to join its growing investigative and accountability team in Sports. We are searching for someone with relentless curiosity about the forces that shape the sports world and a commitment to holding powerful individuals and institutions accountable. This journalist should have a track record of landing scoops and breaking stories, and the ability to craft enterprise and narrative journalism that is both revealing and engrossing. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated the ability to cultivate sources and obtain documents, including through state and federal open records laws. Using the latest reporting techniques and technology, this journalist should be able to process financial, legal and technical documents, synthesize complex reporting and write in a clear, engaging way. The ideal candidate will be able to juggle long-term investigations with quick-turn news stories and pivot quickly toward developments that warrant deeper exploration.