Justin Wm. Moyer

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering breaking news

Education: Wesleyan University, BA in social science/music, 1998; Goucher College, MFA in creative nonfiction, 2014; Georgetown University Law School, JD expected 2024

Justin Wm. Moyer is a reporter for The Washington Post. His work with a Post team covering the Capitol insurrection was honored with a Pulitzer Prize in 2022, and his coverage of Saudi lobbying with a Post team was honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2019.
Latest from Justin Wm. Moyer

At a D.C. homeless shelter, two men face their demons in freezing weather

“I used to live a different way,” one resident said. “Now, I’m doing all the things I was told to do years ago.”

January 21, 2024

White ‘gang’ of correctional officers controls Md. prison, lawsuit says

“This is a job for White officers,” one said he was told. “You have to get your Black ass out of here.”

January 17, 2024

Around 130 Mennonites, calling for Gaza cease-fire, arrested on Capitol Hill

Video circulated on a social media by Mennonite Action showed dozens being arrested as they sang hymns or chanted “Cease fire!” and “Let Gaza live!”

January 16, 2024

First they tackled plastic bags. Now they’re taking aim at bottles.

As legislation banning plastic bags has positively impacted area waterways, activists want to take the next step: bottle bills that create deposit programs.

January 15, 2024

Tax prep company, accused of scamming D.C. residents, to pay up

The company offered residents $50 before overcharging them, according to D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D).

January 10, 2024

Woman fatally shot by husband in Prince William, authorities say

Daniel Okoe Lawson of Woodbridge brought his wife Desire Alexandria Buggs to the hospital after the shooting, police said.

January 7, 2024

Asylum seekers faced severe abuse in ICE detention under Trump, suit says

Lawsuits filed against U.S. immigration authorities allege that Cameroonians seeking asylum were restrained under brutal conditions.

January 2, 2024

D.C.’s troubled crime lab wins back accreditation

In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said the accreditation is “a critical first step in rebuilding the lab.”

December 27, 2023

How genealogists got millions of Md. records online for all to see

“There is so much information in those records that I can’t personally contain myself with the excitement,” one genealogist said.

December 25, 2023

Dozens died unhoused in D.C. this year as homelessness spiked

The deaths came amid a nationwide increase in homelessness.

December 21, 2023