Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, deputy business editor Sandhya Somashekhar, business breaking news editor Robbie DiMesio, deputy business breaking news editor Sergio Non and weekend business editor Helen Fessenden sent out the following on Monday:
We’re excited to announce that Shannon Najmabadi is joining The Post as a breaking news reporter on the Business desk, where she will cover the biggest news and seize the best opportunities for enterprise involving business, tech and the U.S. economy.
Shannon comes to The Post after a year and a half at the Wall Street Journal where she worked as a Mid-U.S. correspondent covering breaking news and writing enterprise from her home base in Kansas City. Her stories for the Journal covered a wide range of topics, including the impact of medical debt in rural communities, problems at a federal college for Native Americans and growing homelessness among elderly baby boomers.
