Enter Brauchli, Stage Right?

July 31, 2008 by Robert Nedelkoff | Filed Under News media | 2 Comments 

At the Washington City Paper, Erik Wemple assesses the impact that the arrival of new Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli will have on the Washington Post. One major issue raised in Wemple’s article is whether Brauchli will scale down local coverage and focus completely on Beltway stuff, as was suggested in a conversation he was reported to have had at some time in the past. (Here, it should be noted that if the Post drops the ball where “metro” stuff goes, the City Paper and local publications like the Montgomery Gazette would have to pick it up; the Washington Times has minimal local coverage and the Post’s giveaway daily, the Express, has almost none.) Attached to the article is a comment from a reader convinced that the hiring of the Wall Street Journal’s former editor portends a major shift to the right on the Post’s part.  Well….before that call is made, let’s just see who will be taking Bob Novak’s place on the op-ed page.

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