Robert Winnett Changes Course, Won’t Join Washington Post as Top Editor

The Telegraph editor has declined to take a position at the Washington Post.

A man walks into the Washington Post building in Washington on May 16, 2019. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

The man tapped to become the top editor of the Washington Post is no longer going to join the media outlet, the paper said on June 21.

“It is with regret that I share with you that Robert Winnett has withdrawn from the position of Editor at The Washington Post,” William Lewis, CEO and publisher of the Post, wrote in a note to staffers.