About Salena Zito

Salena Zito

Salena Zito

Salena Zito joined the Washington Examiner in 2016 as a Western Pennsylvania-based columnist and reporter covering national politics and culture. She is also a weekly columnist at the New York Post, contributes to The Wall Street Journal and co-authored “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” with Brad Todd. In 2018, she won first place for her columns in the Associated Press for her coverage of American politics, and she also won the Barbara Olson award for excellence and independence in journalism.

She has taught journalism at the Harvard Institute of Politics, Washington and Lee University, and Hillsdale College.

She has interviewed every president, vice president and candidate who sought their party’s nomination on both sides of the aisle in the 21st century.

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For the Love of the Game, for the Love of Country Mar 10, 2026

Paul Skenes is smiling from ear to ear, draped in red, white and blue, along with the rest of his teammates, as they begin the first exhibition game representing Team USA at the World Baseball Classic at Papago Sports Complex in Phoenix. Skenes told ... Read More

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'The Football Town' Captures the Exceptionalism of a Region and a Nation Mar 03, 2026

PITTSBURGH — It is rare to find a film today that captures the essence of a region, its people and the ties that bind them with a purity that excludes any outside influences. Yet that is exactly what NFL Films has done with "The Football Town,"... Read More

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Ralston Delivers Gold With His Reid Biography Feb 24, 2026

Veteran journalist Jon Ralston, founder and CEO of The Nevada Independent, has written a detailed, page-turning biography of the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, "The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fi... Read More

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One of the Most Important Small-Town Papers of the Industrial Age Closing Feb 17, 2026

OIL CITY, Pennsylvania — The Derrick will be no more. Derrick Publishing Company, publisher of The Derrick and The News-Herald, announced on Feb. 5 that it will cease publication. Employees were told the decision was driven by the long-term dec... Read More