Why is Jose Vargas leaving the Washington Post for the Arianna Huffington?"?

The Post has endured the loss of lots of name brand journalists, both through voluntary departures (Mark Liebovich, Dafna Linzer, Jim VandeHei, John Harris, etc.) and buyouts (Richard Harrington, Steve Hunter, Tamara Jones, etc.). But news this week that four young reporters are leaving the Post suggests a weakness at the paper’s journalistic core and raises at least two questions: -- Can the Post keep its best young talent? -- Is the Post botching the merger of its print and online operations?

Jose Antonio Vargas’s decision to leave the Post for the online publication Huffington Post was the most damaging loss. €œIt was a personal decision,â€? Vargas tells The Washingtonian.

€œI was not unhappy at the Post. €? Vargas’s departure comes on the heels of news that technology columnist Kim Hart is switching to The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper; political writer Matthew Mosk is leaving for the Washington Times; and intern Kendra Marr has been scooped up by Politico.

Vargas, 28, came to the ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.