Washington Post Veteran Philip Rucker Joins CNN
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Philip Rucker, who rose through the ranks of The Washington Post to become the outlet’s national editor, is jumping to CNN to take on a senior role directing its coverage of politics in the nation’s capital.
Rucker has been named senior vice president of editorial strategy and news, and has been tasked with, among other things, guiding coverage of President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated into office Monday.
Rucker will start his new role on February 10. He is the latest in a series of departures of prominent journalists from The Washington Post, which has been navigating a downturn in subscriptions and pushback to stances it has recently taken under CEO Will Lewis and owner Jeff Bezos.
The Post announced in late October that it would not endorse any candidate for president, a move subscribers saw as a kowtow to newly-inaugurated president Donald Trump by the Post’s owner.
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