Whitney Leaming

Last spring, the Washington Post’s video department had around 60 people. After last year’s buyouts, that dropped to about 20 people. And now, with yesterday’s layoffs, it stands at just 5 people, even as the Post talks about the importance of reaching people on new platforms.

Denali means 'the great one,' and those living in its snow-shrouded midst scorn making it a political pawn, as Trump did in renaming the peak for a president who never set foot in Alaska. A great read, look and listen from @karinbrulliard @wleaming wapo.st/413ZuFI

@wleaming I hope the piano survived today’s Russian missile strike on the hotel

New: My deep dive inside a $16 million OnlyFans empire. washingtonpost.com/technology/int…

Congratulations, @washingtonpost, @salwangeorges, @ikhurshudyan, @wleaming!

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#ScrippsHowardAwards Finalist for Excellence in Breaking News: @washingtonpost – “The Start of the War in Ukraine” @ikhurshudyan, @salwangeorges, @wleaming Watch: scripps.com/fund/journalis…

Presidential candidates like to promise immigration reform, but does anything really change? Travel across the country with @jribas to explore how border security will be a critical issue during the 2024 election. wapo.st/3E5PXmy

Spoke w/ Iowans this week, and regardless of their primary pick, every GOP voter said they’d vote for Trump in the general if he were the nominee. Yes— even if he were to be convicted in any of these indictments. “Then he’d run the office from prison” washingtonpost.com/video/politics…

Trump already overshadowing DeSantis at the Iowa state fair, as the crowd turns away from DeSantis event to watch Trump’s plane encircle overhead

"With this place I can eat a meal a day, without I eat every two, three days." @Reshma416 captures how millions are struggling as pandemic-era SNAP benefits boost ends. washingtonpost.com/video/national…

One year of war. I haven't seen anything that captures the painful family divisions that followed as powerfully as this split-screen project: a father on the front, his wife and daughter in Germany. by @ikhurshudyan @wleaming @chicoharlan @whitneyshefte washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Just wow. Read and watch this: Separated by war, a Ukrainian family balances safety, duty and love. Incredible work, as always, by @chicoharlan @ikhurshudyan @wleaming @whitneyshefte washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Journalists: don't. stop. talking. about. Syria. The silence around my country is deafening, it has been for the last few years. People were living in the most dire of circumstances even before the earthquake.

Glad to read this ⁦⁦@clarissaward⁩ & that things are improving - 20 years ago when I was reporting as a mum I was described as an ‘ego-driven maniac’ by a fellow female war correspondent (who went on to have a child herself) - I was devastated thetimes.co.uk/article/4a0b4f…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, holds her smart phone with former US President Donald Trump on the line, as Rep. Matt Rosendale, a Republican from Montana, waves it off during a meeting of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber on Friday. #SpeakerVote

NEW: washingtonpost.com/investigations… From @zachdespart @lomikriel @serrano_alej @joyceslee @arelisrhdz @SarahCahlan @imogen_piper @ujohnnyg

Mexico is building a 950-mile tourist train through one of the greatest concentrations of antiquities in the world -- the epicenter of Maya civilization. We've been documenting what is soon to be lost. 1/x

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