The Washington Post Writers Group
The Washington Post Writers Group, a division of The Washington Post News Service & Syndicate, is a press syndication service distributing opinion columnists, breaking news, podcasts and video journalism, lifestyle content, and graphics and data visualizations. The service is operated by The Washington Post.
History
The Washington Post Writers Group formed in 1973.In 2009, the Post dissolved its relationship with the Los Angeles Times and joined with Bloomberg News to form The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News, which provided up to 150 national and international stories plus photos and graphics.
In 2013 the Writers Group was providing syndicated columns, editorial cartoons, features, and comic strips to newspapers, magazines, and other subscribers globally.
The Washington Post Writers Group wound down distributing editorial cartoons and comic strips starting in early 2022; announcing it would finish out any existing contracts. In response, a number of strips left for other syndicates. In addition, a group of the syndicate's editorial cartoonists — including Clay Bennett, Jack Ohman, and Pedro X. Molina — left for Nick Anderson's Counterpoint Media, which launched its own syndication service.
Writers
Writers syndicated by the group include Eugene Robinson, Catherine Rampell, Fareed Zakaria, Kathleen Parker, E. J. Dionne, George Will, and Ruth Marcus. The late Charles Krauthammer was also a syndicate member.Comic strips
The syndicate began distributing comic strips in the early 1970s; its first notable strip was Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County. Long-running strips distributed by the service included Brian Crane's Pickles, Dave Blazek's Loose Parts, and Darrin Bell's strips Rudy Park and Candorville.Current comic strips
the Washington Post was syndicating:- Fort Knox by Paul Jon Boscacci
- Reply All and Reply All Lite by Donna A. Lewis
Comic strips formerly distributed
- 12:01 by Thomas Boldt
- Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten, Dan Weingarten, and David Clark
- Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed
- Candorville by Darrin Bell
- Home and Away by Steve Sicula
- Little Dog Lost by Steve Boreman
- Loose Parts by Dave Blazek — originally acquired from Tribune Media Services
- Middle Ages by Ron Jaudon
- Mike du Jour by Mike Lester
- Out of the Gene Pool / Single and Looking by Matt Janz
- Outland by Berkeley Breathed
- Opus by Berkeley Breathed
- Pickles by Brian Crane
- Red and Rover by Brian Basset
- Rudy Park by Darrin Bell
- Safe Havens by Bill Holbrook
- Stitches by Jeff Danziger
- Watch Your Head by Cory Thomas