Briefly Noted: Olathe native, KU grad named executive editor of Washington Post
Olathe native, KU grad Sally Buzbee tapped to lead Washington Post
Sally Buzbee, an Olathe native and graduate of the University of Kansas, has been named the new executive editor of The Washington Post, replacing Marty Baron.
Prior to this, Buzbee had spent her career in journalism at the Associated Press, rising through the ranks from a reporter in Topeka in the late 1980s to become the AP’s top editor in 2017.
She also served as the agency’s Washington bureau chief, and before that was Middle East editor, among many other positions at the organization.