Sally Buzbee steps down as Washington Post executive editor, to be replaced by Telegraph veteran

The Washington Post’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years at the top of one of the US’s most respected news brands and will be eventually replaced by a veteran of the UK’s Daily Telegraph.

She will be initially replaced by Matt Murray, former editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, until this autumn’s presidential election. Robert Winnett, currently deputy editor of the Telegraph Media Group, will…