• by Ray Schultz , September 12, 2024

Sally Buzbee, who stepped down as executive editor of The Washington Post in June, has reappeared. She is about to begin a two-month visiting fellowship at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. 

The fellowship begins next week, and Buzbee will remain on the Harvard campus until shortly after the presidential election on November 24, according to The Harvard Crimson. 

Buzbee plans to explore the role of journalism in shaping the election. 

In June, Buzbee abruptly left the Post after reported disagreements with new CEO Will Lewis during a newsroom reorganization. 

In her new role, Buzbee will work with the 24 Nieman fellows selected for the 2024-25 period. Buzbee is looking forward to the chance to work without the day-to-day hustle and bustle of a newsroom. 

“I’ve been a working journalist, and I think that working in journalism is very intellectually vibrant, but you are also very busy, and you’re very focused on tactical stuff,” Buzbee told the Crimson. “I think it will be good for me to be in an environment where maybe there’s something I’ve totally missed.”