The Atlantic Hires Alexandra Petri as Staff Writer

The Atlantic Hires Alexandra Petri as Staff Writer

Alexandra Petri, one of America’s great columnists and funniest writers, is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. Alexandra will begin writing for The Atlantic next month; she has been a long-time columnist for The Washington Post, where she started as an intern in 2010. Below is the staff announcement about Alexandra from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg: Dear everyone, I’m writing today to share the outstanding news that Alexandra Petri, o…

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Another significant departure from the Washington Post. Columnist Alexandra Petri, whose writing usually looks at the news with humor, is leaving the paper for The Atlantic. This is the latest in a series of departures from the Post since the last presidential election and owner Jeff Bezos’s decision to restrict the focus of the opinion …

The Atlantic hires Washington Post's Petri

The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg sent out the following on Monday: Dear everyone, I’m writing today to share the outstanding news that Alexandra Petri, one of America’s greatest columnists – and funniest writers – is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. You are undoubtedly familiar with her work as a columnist for The Washington Post (although […]