Award-winning investigative journalist Carol Leonnig has left the Washington Submit after 25 years with the paper to affix MSNBC as a senior investigative correspondent, TheWrap has realized.
Her exit comes amid a mass exodus from the legacy media outlet as a number of seasoned journalists are leaving in a latest spherical of buyouts, concentrating on tenured reporters.
The Washington Submit CEO Will Lewis urged staffers in a July e-mail to contemplate the buyout in the event that they did “really feel aligned” with the corporate’s new directives. The paper’s journalists had till July 31 to resolve.
Leonnig served as a workers author on the Washington Submit since 2000. She is a five-time Pulitzer Prize successful journalist. Most not too long ago, she led the Submit’s protection of the January sixth assault on the U.S. Capitol. She additionally contributed to the Washington Submit groups that received the Pulitzer in 2024, 2017 and 2014.
In 2024, she received for her reporting on the try to assassinate Donald Trump. In 2017, she uncovered potential Russian interference within the presidential election. And in 2014, she received the Pulitzer for Public Service for her reporting on the NSA’s secret surveillance of harmless People.
Leonnig has been a frequent contributor on MSNBC earlier than formally becoming a member of the community.
As MSNBC embarks on its unbiased newsgathering operation, diverging from Comcast below new conglomerate Versant, the community has introduced on prime expertise on each the editorial and government sides. Earlier Monday the community introduced that L.A.-based NBC Information correspondent Jacob Soboroff will be a part of the MSNBC group as a senior political correspondent.
Versant will home MSNBC, CNBC, USA Community, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, Golf Channel and digital belongings Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and SportsEngine.
It’s anticipated to achieve over 65 million U.S. households and generate $7 billion in annual income. The spinoff might be tax free to Comcast shareholders.
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