Overview

• Sally Jenkins accepted a buyout from The Washington Post after 25 years as its lead sports columnist.
• She will join The Atlantic as a staff writer on September 15 to focus on feature and narrative sports journalism.
• Jenkins was the first sportswriter finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary in three decades and the first woman inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame.
• Over her career she has authored 12 books, including four New York Times bestsellers, and produced landmark reporting on sports and society.
• Her departure follows a wave of buyouts at The Washington Post and comes during The Atlantic’s recent expansion of its editorial team.