The E. W. Scripps Company appointed Ellen Weiss as vice president and chief of Washington Bureau. He will take charge of the company's multimedia news bureau in Washington, D.C., effective February 11, 2013. Weiss will oversee a team of investigative reporters whose stories appear in all Scripps television, newspaper and digital markets, plus guide the company's daily national coverage and manage the Scripps Howard News Service.

Weiss joins Scripps from The Center for Public Integrity where she was the executive editor in charge of strategic planning and investigative journalism. She was instrumental in the story selection, editing, publishing and distribution of original investigative journalism.