Cameron Barr
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Editor and writer. Former senior managing editor at The Washington Post, devoted father of two, adoring anglophile.
Washington, DC
Joined December 2009
With restraint and precision, Bill Branigin recounts the death of his friend and mentor: We were covering the Iranian revolution. A single gunshot still haunts me.
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Forty years ago, a key battle in Iran's Islamic revolution claimed the life of my friend, veteran correspondent Joe Alex Morris Jr., and changed the Middle East.
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Tonight during the @SuperBowl, an important message was delivered powerfully by @tomhanks which Americans need to understand. Journalists have paid a lot for freedom. #knowingkeepsusfree @washingtonpost Watch:
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The Washington Post aired its first Super Bowl commercial, voiced by Tom Hanks.
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Launching at 7 am ET Friday: About US, our newsletter devoted to examining what it means to be American today. Congrats to @SimonesNews @wapovanessa @Rho_Co and many others. Subscribe today:
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In So. India the last communists wonder whether they can survive their own success? Worked on this for a while.
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Moving, mesmerizing video portraiture by @MarshallProj and @nsbarsky. You can't stop watching. “We Are Witnesses”
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How the criminal-justice system works up close, in eighteen videos.
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'I hear a lot of pain from you' -- a great story about America by @mccrummenWaPo with gorgeous @salwangeorges photos
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When he arrived in a rural Dawson, Minn., “it felt right.” But that feeling began to change after the election.
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'to protect the citizenry by arming them with fact' -- a great remembrance of the SS Globe by news fan Tom McCarthy
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As the paper prepares to leave Morrissey Boulevard, who better to write about the venerable structure, immortalized by his cinematic vision?
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Mayor Bowser talks big about finding housing for the poor. But The Post finds DC #1 in forfeiting US housing money.
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In a city gripped by a crisis in affordable housing, $15.8 million in federal funding was lost.
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'So wilts the dream': @paulschwartzman wryly toasts @BobMankoff and submits cartoons to the 'Wurlitzer of one-liners' https://t.co/t1IDWsGNjC
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Good @60minutes piece. Odd to omit @realAlexJones 'pizzagate' retraction. Awkward @cernovich @scottpelley showdown.
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The phrase "fake news" has been used by Trump to discredit responsible reporting that he dislikes. But 60 Minutes' investigation looks at truly fake news -- created by con-artists. Scott Pelley...
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.@Sulliview celebrates @ScottPelley for truth-telling in the best way: 'quietly and backed by reporting'
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Some think the CBS anchor is being snarky, but he’s just defending facts in Trump’s fact-challenged world.
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.@costareports gets the scoop. Well done sir.
President Trump just called me. Still on phone. "We just pulled it," he tells me.
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.@VP told press to 'do better' in covering @realDonaldTrump. Sec Tillerson shld honor public's right to info about US diplomacy as it occurs
..what the Sec. Misses is the core of public diplomacy. Explaining what you are doing while doing it allows feedback, avoidance of error.2/2
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Today, gratitude and admiration for key bosses/editors/colleagues: Jane Lampman Denise Martin @armaoj @karendeyoung1 @spaydl & many others.
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We are so heartened and encouraged by our increasing number of digital subscribers. Thank you for your interest and support.
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I'm the son of a WWII vet and U.S. Foreign Service officer. Proud to work with Scott and so many other dedicated @washingtonpost journalists
I'm the son of a NYC cop and never prouder to be a reporter.
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Vivid, wrenching work by the intrepid @berehulak on Duterte's drug war. Superb presentation, too.
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Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.
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Wise words from @sulliview: Journalists need to stop thinking of themselves as so right and so much in the know.
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Important reading for reporters and editors.
.@ron_fournier on lessons learned from 30 years of covering U.S. politics. "Don't lose sight of your mission."
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