Josh Dawsey

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Josh Dawsey
NationalityAmerican
Education University of South Carolina (BA)
OccupationJournalist

Josh Dawsey is an American journalist who is a political investigations and enterprise reporter for The Washington Post .

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Education

Dawsey received a B.A. in journalism from the University of South Carolina.

Career

Dawsey began his career as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal , first covering Governor Chris Christie before being assigned to New York to write about Mayor Bill de Blasio. He moved to Politico to become a White House reporter in 2016, [1] before assuming the same role at The Washington Post in 2017. [2]

Dawsey won the White House Correspondents Association's Award for Deadline Reporting in 2018 and again in 2019. [3] [4] He was part of a team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

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References

  1. "WSJ reporter Dawsey hired by Politico to cover White House - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. December 2016. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  2. Pompeo, Joe (3 November 2017). "The Washington Post Poaches West-Wing Savant Josh Dawsey from Politico". The Hive. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. "2019 Winners". White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA). Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. "2018 Winners". White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA). Retrieved 2019-02-19.