Patricia Sullivan

Former Washington Post reporter (ret.) Founded Good Morning Silicon Valley, one of first blogs. Feminist, environmentalist, gardener.

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

You’ve wondered, and now you know… how they pop and dispense of all the 🎈’s

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

It’s Tuesday July 30, 2024.

WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB Mar 29, 2023.

1 year & 122 days ago

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!
📰 📺 📻 🎙️ 🖊️ 🎥 💻

FREE EVAN NOW!

@KremlinRussia_E @mfa_russia

#IStandWithEvan

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

This is a great piece of investigative work by the @washingtonpost’s obit staff to root out the death of William Calley, the Army officer who was convicted of leading the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War. More… https://t.co/JERQMk44fR

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

What does the ⁦@washingtonpost⁩’s newsroom want? Latest by me on the dread and anxiety inside my old shop, via ⁦@CJR⁩. https://t.co/L26yXXtoQk

[Patricia Sullivan @psullivan1]

It looks like a major blaze broke out on this hot day in the West Loop of Chicago.

[Sarah Ellison @sarahellison]

NEW. Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting. My latest with ⁦@isaacstanbecker⁩ ⁦@gregpmiller⁩ ⁦@byaaroncdavis⁩ https://t.co/hUEDDQ1GnW

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

The 12 Questions ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ Staffers Need to Ask CEO Will Lewis. Latest by me for the ⁦@thedailybeast⁩: https://t.co/gfl04ZmLS5

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In a secret recording, Justice Samuel Alito endorsed the U.S. as a nation “of godliness,” while Chief Justice John Roberts spoke of pluralism.
https://t.co/7SK6isxlYC

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Update: Former interim WaPost publisher Patty Stonesifer flew in from Seattle to wander the newsroom today. (first reported by@DylanByers)

She met with Will Lewis & new editor Matt Murray, took pulse of editors and showed support for the currently embattled Lewis.

[Hugo Lowell @hugolowell]

CNN, WaPo, WSJ and Daily Beast will all have english/fleet street editors by the end of the year

[Patricia Sullivan @psullivan1]

@DavidSwan5 @brianstelter @murraymatt Yes. The web operation was separate, housed in Virginia with separate leaders, until about 2008.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Some WashPost thoughts, based on conversations with six people with knowledge of events, overlaid with a touch of analysis.

Let's even call it a 🧵

First: Will Lewis wanted to force out Sally Buzbee and bring a trusted pal to run the WaPo newsroom. He wanted to make his mark.

[Patricia Sullivan @psullivan1]

This seems alarming to an old Post hand like me. (I never worked for Buzbee but this news does not sound good for the Post). https://t.co/dAmBnPDBGt

[Paul Beckett @paul4thepress]

59 weeks and counting. It is time for @evangershkovich to come home to his family and to the @WSJ newsroom where he belongs. Enough. #Istandwithevan

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

✨ We are incredibly proud to share that City Bureau Senior Reporter @sarahanneconway and @invinst Data Director Trina Reynolds-Tyler have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their investigation “Missing in Chicago! https://t.co/ZthOC1Ubvp

[Elizabeth Bernstein @EBernsteinWSJ]

Can you imagine the strength of Evan’s spirit?! He has been wrongfully jailed in a 6’x6’ cell in a Russian prison for more than a year. And here he is in a cage in a courtroom. He needs to come home NOW. We demand his release. #istandwithevan #FreeEvan

[Eleanor Beardsley @ElBeardsley]

The French ambassador’s residence in DC

[Colorado Press Association @ColoradoPress]

An open letter regarding the unwarranted ouster of @fishnette of @ColoradoSun from the state
@cologop assembly. From @colabnewsco,
@ColoradoPress, @CoFOIC, Colorado Broadcasters Association, @co_mediaproject & @DenverPressClub. #copolitics #coleg

https://t.co/xgJkmiuTJU

[Patricia Sullivan @psullivan1]

@abbydphillip @fishnette Thank you for covering this @abbydphillip