Marcus W. Brauchli is executive editor of The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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, overseeing the Post's print and digital news operations. He became editor on September 8, 2008, succeeding Leonard Downie, Jr.

Leonard Downie, Jr.

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Biography

Before joining The Post, Brauchli was managing editor

Managing editor

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 of The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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, succeeding Paul Steiger

Paul Steiger

Paul Steiger was managing editor of The Wall Street Journal from 1991 until May 15, 2007.Steiger graduated from the Hun School of Princeton and attended Trumbull College at Yale University, where he was an editor of the Yale News and Review.He is currently editor at large for The Wall Street...

, who had held the position since 1991. Brauchli served 15 years as a foreign correspondent, mainly in Asia, and eight years as a senior editor in New York. Shortly after Brauchli's appointment was announced, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. disclosed a takeover offer for Dow Jones & Co., the Journal's parent, and Brauchli remained as editor through the acquisition. Four months afterwards, on April 22, 2008, he announced his resignation from the Wall Street Journal, after just more than a year as editor. The Post announced on July 8 that it had hired him.

A native of Boulder, Colo., Brauchli graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University

Columbia College of Columbia University

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 in 1983. Brauchli was a Nieman fellow

Nieman Fellowship

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 at Harvard University

Harvard University

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 from 1991 to 1992. He has been based in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, Stockholm

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, Tokyo

Tokyo

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 and Shanghai

Shanghai

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. He is married to Maggie Farley, a former Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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 correspondent. They have two children.

External links

• Article about his appointment from The New York Times
  The New York Times
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• Article about his resignation from the New York Times