Sally Streff Buzbee[1] is an American journalist and former executive editor of The Washington Post[2] who will start working for Reuters as their News Editor for the United States and Canada on Dec 11, 2024.[3]
Before joining the Post, Buzbee worked at the Associated Press for more than three decades,[4] serving as executive editor and senior vice president for the last four-and-a-half years of her tenure.[5]
Buzbee began her career with the Associated Press as a reporter in Topeka and San Diego.[1] She later worked as the organization's Middle East regional editor, based in Cairo. She returned to the United States to be the AP's Washington bureau chief during the 2012 and 2016 elections. In 2017, Buzbee became senior vice president and executive editor of AP.[4]
When Buzbee became executive editor of The Washington Post on June 1, 2021, she was the paper's first female editor-in-chief.[4] In a November 2021 interview with Kara Swisher, Buzbee said the journalistic independence of The Washington Post from its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos was "never in question at any point" during her hiring process.[7] After Sir William Lewis became the CEO and publisher in January 2024, he pushed Buzbee to not run unflattering stories about him.[8] She abruptly stepped down on June 2, 2024 "amid a broader shake-up."[9][10][11]
