Marcus Brauchli became executive editor of The Washington Post on Sept. 8, 2008, succeeding Leonard Downie Jr. Mr. Brauchli reports to Publisher Katharine Weymouth. Mr. Brauchli oversees The Post's print and online newsrooms, and will direct the integration of the two operations. Mr. Brauchli brings experience running a merged newsroom, after an extensive career as a foreign correspondent and editor. Before joining The Post, Mr. Brauchli was managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, with responsibility for its newsrooms and editions in the U.S. and internationally, in print and online. He also had editorial responsibility for MarketWatch, the financial-news website. He was appointed managing editor in April 2007 and resigned one year later, after News Corp. acquired the Journal's parent company, Dow Jones & Co. Mr. Brauchli spent 15 years as a correspondent in Asia and Europe. He served as the Journal's national editor during the 2000 election, the corporate scandals of that era, and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the JournalŐs coverage of which won a Pulitzer Prize. He later became global news editor, and led the redesign of the JournalŐs overseas editions. He also oversaw planning for a new luxury lifestyle magazine, WSJ. Mr. Brauchli is a native of Boulder, Colo., and a graduate of Columbia University. He was a 1991-92 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and led or participated in projects that won two Overseas Press Club awards and two citations for excellence. He has served on the boards of the OPC and the International Center for Journalists, and is an advisor to the Knight-Bagehot Fellowships program at Columbia. He also is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the New York Economic Club. Mr. Brauchli is married to Maggie Farley, a journalist. They have two daughters and live in Bethesda, Maryland.