Ben Brasch joins The Washington Post’s General Assignment desk

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Announcement from General Assignment Editor Keith McMillan and Deputy Managing Editor Sharif Durhams:

We are delighted to announce that Ben Brasch is joining The Post’s General Assignment desk, where he will cover breaking news and write of-the-moment features.

Ben comes to GA from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he has covered breaking news and politics in Fulton County since the start of 2021, and community news in Cobb County and North Fulton for more than four years before that. Ben’s coverage became essential after baseless claims of voter fraud in Georgia roiled the aftermath of the 2020 election. He has written on several other subjects as well, from Atlanta’s preparations for a nuclear blast to a sanitation worker’s strike to the city’s strip clubs and Airbnbs readying for Super Bowl crowds. He has covered how hurricanes have hit and missed the state, and residents’ reactions when the University of Georgia football team won a national championship, which must have been especially trying for a University of Florida graduate.

Before coming to Atlanta, Ben covered breaking news for the News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla., and the Anchorage Daily News, and police for the Ledger in Lakeland, Fla. In Alaska, he once spent Christmas Day interviewing men on work release attempting to drill a hole for ice fishing.

Ben is a third-generation native of St. Petersburg, Fla., who loves any excuse to cook for friends and family. When he isn’t reporting the news or watching professional wrestling, he enjoys attending concerts with his fiancée.

Please join us in congratulating him. His first day will be October 17.

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