The Columbia Journalism Review has a detailed portrait of The Washington Post’s Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli. It’s no puff piece.
Brauchli knows how to read a spreadsheet and how to serve the needs of some online readers. But the Post also needs a leader who is articulate, imaginative, and inspirational, and some of his troops are restless. A reporter with a sterling reputation wonders: “How much longer is Don going to stand for this? When will he say: ‘this is not working—we need a different person?’ ”