The Washington Publish named David Shipley, a senior editor at Bloomberg, on Thursday to supervise its opinion part.
Mr. Shipley takes on the job of editorial web page editor after the loss of life in December of Fred Hiatt, who had been The Publish’s opinion chief for greater than 20 years.
In an announcement, Fred Ryan, the writer of The Publish, mentioned Mr. Shipley would assist “propel The Washington Publish ahead as we develop our international viewers and discover new and progressive methods to serve them.”
“David possesses the mental curiosity, considerate independence, journalistic integrity and evenhanded judgment important in an editorial web page editor,” Mr. Ryan mentioned in an announcement.
The Publish mentioned in a information launch that Mr. Shipley, 59, can be tasked with increasing the attain of the opinion part each nationally and globally. The part has a employees of greater than 80 folks.
Mr. Shipley led the opinion part at Bloomberg for greater than a decade. Earlier than that, he was a deputy editorial web page editor and the Op-Ed editor at The New York Occasions.
Tim O’Brien will change into the brand new editor of Bloomberg Opinion, Bloomberg’s editor in chief, John Micklethwait, informed employees in a word on Thursday.
Mr. Shipley additionally had a stint working for the Clinton administration within the Nineties and an interlude serving to Michael R. Bloomberg, the founding father of Bloomberg, together with his short-lived 2020 presidential marketing campaign.
In a memo to Publish staff on Thursday, Mr. Ryan mentioned Mr. Shipley was the “standout” in a seven-month search that had concerned greater than 150 candidates and that, Mr. Ryan assured employees, was “international and inclusive.”
