Sally Buzbee

Sally Buzbee is an American journalist and editor. She is an executive editor and senior vice president of the Associated Press (AP). She was named executive editor of "The Washington Post" in May 2021.
Buzbee was born in Walla Walla, Washington. She lived in the Bay Area and the suburbs of Dallas before graduating from high school in Olathe, Kansas. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas and joined the Associated Press in 1988. She earned her MBA from Georgetown University.
Buzbee began her career with the Associated Press as a reporter in Topeka. She was based in Cairo while she was the organization's Middle East regional editor and was the chief of the Washington bureau during the 2012 and 2016 elections. In 2017, Buzbee became senior vice president and executive editor of AP.
When Buzbee becomes executive editor of "The Washington Post" on June 1, 2021, she will be the first woman to be editor-in-chief.