Nick Baumann

Nick Baumann is a seasoned journalist currently serving as the Deputy Politics Editor at The Washington Post since March 2024. Prior to this role, Nick held the position of Deputy DC Bureau Chief at the Los Angeles Times from June 2022 to March 2024, and served as the Politics Editor at The Atlantic from January 2020 to June 2022, where management of a large team focused on national politics was a key responsibility. Nick's previous experience includes serving as Senior Enterprise Editor at HuffPost from May 2015 to January 2020, Senior Editor at Mother Jones from July 2007 to May 2015, and Blogger at The Economist from September 2006 to May 2015. Nick Baumann earned a B.A. in History from Yale University between 2002 and 2006.