Wonkblog

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Wonkblog
FoundedSeptember 2011 [1]
Founder(s) Ezra Klein
URL Wonkblog
Current statusDefunct

Wonkblog was a blog, hosted by The Washington Post , [2] that was dedicated to domestic policy, economics and politics. [3] [4] 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. [5]

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History

On January 21, 2014, it was announced that Klein would leave Wonkblog, along with two of his colleagues: Melissa Bell and Dylan Matthews. [5] In 2014, Wonkblog hired Matt O'Brien as its lead economic policy writer. [2] Other core writers included Christopher Ingraham and Carolyn Y. Johnson. Wonkblog also featured regular academic contributors including Daniel Drezner and Keith Humphreys. As of February 21, 2017, [6] 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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References

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