Karoun Demirjian

Reporter, globetrotter, language collector, part-time musician. Stories @nytimes 👵🏻, formerly @WaPo & coauthor of UNCHECKED 📚

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

Hi! Buy UNCHECKED! It's:

"a searing blow-by-blow critique" -Washington Post
"revealing and engrossing history" -WSJ
"a stinging indictment...of Republican cravenness and Democratic ineptitude" -The Guardian
"a scorching exposé...a must-read" -Kirkus 🌟

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[Shane Harris @shaneharris]

I think I knew that I had arrived as a Postie when, maybe my first or second day, Marty came in for his evening shift and made his customary walk through the newsroom, greeting every reporter by name as he walked to his desk. He stopped at the new guy, read my name plate. From that day, every day around five o’clock:

“Shane, hello.”

“Hey, Marty!”

This ritual marked each day, like a bell tolling, and made me feel instantly at home.

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

@marthagimbel We're still around... we'll have more to say later. Such a tough day for so many of our colleagues. Jason, CWG

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

As a reader: losing the Maryland schools reporter in the middle of a massive redistricting project in Montgomery County is a loss many suburban moms/dads like me are going to feel fast and hard.

[Nicole Asbury @NicoleAsbury]

I’m among the hundreds laid off today by The Post. It was a dream to write about education for @postlocal. I don’t have answers over what future coverage of Maryland schools will look like. If you have job tips, please send them my way

[Jesús Rodríguez @jesusrodriguezb]

Also: By my estimate, there are now only two reporters of color in the entire Features department at the Post after layoffs.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

extraordinary - the post's stated emphasis is national security

who will cover Iran/Saudi? Israel? Hamas and the future of Gaza - and given US policy how all these things affect national security?

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

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[Eugene Scott @Eugene_Scott]

Sometimes I wonder what the Washington Post would be like had McKenzie Scott won it in her divorce

[Matea Gold @mateagold]

I was so lucky to work at the @washingtonpost for more than a decade, alongside tenacious, world-class journalists. I know how deeply committed the staff is to the mission of holding power to account, and how much grit and bravery they bring to unearthing stories that would otherwise go untold. The loss of so many journalists is gutting for all of us who care about The Post and its long history of independent, rigorous reporting.

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

Yeganeh's reporting on Iran has been riveting and vital these last few months. I may not get to read her reporting in the @washingtonpost anymore, but I just preordered her book. https://t.co/dfps7xFQjE

[Yeganeh Torbati @yjtorbati]

I'm heartbroken to announce that I've been laid off from my position at The Washington Post. Working at this newspaper, and especially being a foreign correspondent covering Iran and Turkey over the last few short months, was a dream come true for me.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

Proud to have worked for Peter Finn when I was at the Post. A noble move at a devastating time.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.

Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
https://t.co/ERYl3HqZ58

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

Among the staffers laid off: The Post's Amazon beat reporter, Caroline O'Donovan.

https://t.co/Mh6sVCrLCd

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

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[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

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[Rachael Bade @rachaelmbade]

🚨☀️BREAKING NEWS (personal… and bittersweet): After nearly 11 years, I'm leaving POLITICO.

I’ll always be grateful to this place that taught me how to cover Washington. It’s been a fun ride. But ultimately, the company and I were on divergent paths — and it just made sense.

I’m *stoked* for the next chapter and to build something new. More on that coming soon…

👉In the meantime, please support my work covering power in Washington by signing up here to be part of my email list (which is vital to supporting independent work): https://t.co/5nycXiHoj1

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

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[Matt Canham @mattcanham]

The @seattletimes will once again have a reporter in D.C. Please share our job ad and reach out if you are interested. https://t.co/UPSW35C09t

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

18,500 of the 60,000 people killed in Israel’s war in Gaza are children.

Here are their names. 🧵 https://t.co/fsNgf8S06Q

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

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[Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC]

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters https://t.co/tu3K4Br0Ug

[Alex Marquardt @MarquardtA]

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells @biannagolodryga why he thinks Israel is now committing war crimes in Gaza.

[Karoun Demirjian @karoun]

@SteveSebelius @MarkAmodeiNV2 @nytimes Hey fun catch! Though to be fair it was @mayacmiller who caught him (she also has Nevada ties!)