Charles Hurt, Capitol Hill bureau chief of The Washington Times and former Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer, is joining The Washington Examiner as chief congressional correspondent.
“Charlie is a first-class journalist who consistently breaks big stories and comes up with angles that other papers miss,” said Stephen G. Smith, Examiner executive editor. “He knows the Hill inside and out, and covers it with extraordinary energy and enterprise.”
Hurt joins recent additions Bill Sammon, senior White House correspondent; Rowan Scarborough, national security correspondent; and Micah Morrison, national investigative reporter.
“We’re very excited about adding Charles Hurt’s experience and intelligence to our national team of dedicated and aggressive reporters,” said Vivienne Sosnowski, Examiner national editorial director. “He’s a great journalist, and we know that his work will be valuable to our readers in Washington, as well as those in San Francisco and Baltimore, and to the millions of visitors to Examiner.com.”
Hurt has covered the House and Senate, the Iraq war debate, immigration and nominations to the Supreme Court. He wrote about the presidential campaign of John Kerry and, more recently, Hillary Clinton’s campaigning in Iowa.
“This is an exciting time to be covering Capitol Hill,” Hurt said. “I look forward to contributing stories that demonstrate how issues of national debate touch people’s lives, and I’m very excited about the chance to build a new kind of newspaper.”
From 1995 to 2001, Hurt worked at the Detroit News, where he co-wrote a series linking 21 fire deaths to broken fire trucks, faulty equipment and poor management.
Hurt has won numerous honors, including the Roy W. Howard award for public service reporting and The Associated Press Managing Editors Association FOIA award. He is secretary of the Washington Press Club Foundation board.
