Griff Witte, the Washington Post’s democracy editor, is exiting the paper after 23 years. He will join The Atlantic as its managing editor, overseeing its growing politics team, with a special focus on government accountability and investigations.
“As many of you know already, Griff is a journalistic force, who has led his 50-person team at The Post with energy, creativity, smarts and ambition,” The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg said in a memo to staff. “His experience on the democracy beat, in particular, will help us in our coverage of the various challenges to the American way of governance.”
Witte will report to deputy executive editor Yoni Appelbaum and work closely with deputy editor Juliet Lapidos and other editorial leaders.