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# Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Leonnig exits The Washington Post for MSNBC
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/pulitzer-prize-winner-carol-leonnig-exits-the-washington-post-for-msnbc/
- Published: 2025-08-05T17:56:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-05T17:56:32.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:55

[**Carol Leonnig**](https://deadline.com/tag/carol-leonnig/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)**, a veteran investigative reporter for *The Washington Post*, is departing the publication for MSNBC.**

According the [Deadline](https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/carol-leonnig-to-depart-washington-post-and-join-msnbc-as-senior-investigative-correspondent,257057?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), Leonnig will serve as MSNBC’s senior investigative correspondent “as the network [builds up its news division](https://deadline.com/2025/05/msnbc-comcast-spinoff-news-division-1236384316/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) in advance of its split from Comcast and sister network NBC News.

“Leonnig has been at the *Post* for 25 years, and she’s the latest journalist to leave the publication. She was lead reporter for the *Post*‘s coverage of the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and was part of *Post* teams that won prizes in 2024, 2017 and 2014.

“Along with Philip Rucker, she wrote two books on Trump’s first term, including *A Very Stable Genius* and *I Alone Can Fix It.* Her book, *Zero Fail,* followed her Pulitzer Prize reporting on the Secret Service during Barack Obama’s presidency. Puck first reported on Leonnig’s departure.”

Leonnig is a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and, at The Post, wrote about government misconduct, presidential power, the Justice Department and FBI

PHOTO: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post