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Two of The Washington Post’s top political journalists have left to join The Atlantic — as the storied newspaper continues to bleed talent at the close of a tumultuous year.

On Tuesday The New York Times reported that Washington Post correspondents Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer would be joining the staff of the magazine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration. The Atlantic’s recruitment drive is reportedly part of a larger expansion with the outlet backed by billionaire investor Laurene Powell Jobs as it seeks to “hire roughly a dozen new reporters and editors to beef up its politics coverage,” according to a spokeswoman for the publication.

The publication’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, told the Times that he wanted the “best” journalists in the industry to position The Atlantic “to cover the incoming administration rigorously.”

https://www.mediaite.com/news/washington-post-top-political-reporters-flee-for-the-atlantic-as-part-of-ongoing-staff-exodus/