Wonkblog
{{Short description|Defunct public policy blog}}
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| url = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105133728/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/ Wonkblog]
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Wonkblog was a blog, hosted by The Washington Post,{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/03/wonkblog-hires-matt-obrien-as-lead-writer-185855 | title=Wonkblog hires Matt O'Brien as lead writer | work=Politico | date=27 March 2014 | access-date=29 January 2016 | author=Gold, Hadas|author-link=Hadas Gold}} that was dedicated to domestic policy, economics and politics.{{cite web | url=http://nymag.com/news/features/ezra-klein-2014-2/ | title=Here, Let Ezra Explain | work=New York Magazine | date=2 February 2014 | accessdate=29 January 2016 | author=Wallace, Benjamin}}{{cite web | url=https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_future_of_data_journalism.php | title=The future of data journalism at the Washington Post | work=Columbia Journalism Review | date=10 March 2014 | accessdate=29 January 2016 | author=Oputu, Edirin}} It was started by Ezra Klein, originally as a solo venture, but, by February 2013, had grown to employ a staff of five people. The Post originally rebuffed his attempts to persuade them to support Wonkblog.
History
On January 21, 2014, it was announced that Klein would leave Wonkblog, along with two of his colleagues: Melissa Bell and Dylan Matthews.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/business/media/ezra-klein-leaving-washington-post.html | title=Top Wonkblog Columnist to Leave Washington Post | work=The New York Times | date=21 January 2014 | accessdate=29 January 2016 | author=Somaiya, Ravi}} In 2014, Wonkblog hired Matt O'Brien as its lead economic policy writer. Other core writers included [https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/christopher-ingraham/ Christopher Ingraham] and [https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/carolyn-johnson/ Carolyn Y. Johnson]. Wonkblog also featured regular academic contributors including Daniel Drezner and Keith Humphreys. As of February 21, 2017,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2017/02/21/suzanne-goldenberg-and-patrick-reis-join-the-financial-department-as-economic-policy-editors/|title=Suzanne Goldenberg and Patrick Reis join the Financial Section as Economics and Policy Editors|author=WashPostPR|date=February 21, 2017|work=The Washington Post|access-date=June 12, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} Wonkblog was edited by Patrick Reis. In 2019, the Post ceased to host Wonkblog and began redirecting traffic to its Economic Policy section instead.
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/}}