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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What Democrats Are Missing in Trying to Recapture Young People Oct 14, 2025

BALDWIN, Pennsylvania — Collin Arthrell sat at a table filled with young people at a luncheon in a middle-class suburban Pittsburgh borough, dressed neatly in a suit with his curly hair neatly cropped. Four years ago, you would not have seen th... Read More

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Jason Miyares' Race for Virginia Attorney General Just Got More Compelling Oct 07, 2025

WINCHESTER, Virginia — The one thing that has been consistent in covering Virginia's off-year statewide elections since as far back as the year Republicans George Allen and Jim Gilmore ran for governor and attorney general, respectively, in 199... Read More

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We Are Not OK, but There Is Hope Sep 30, 2025

The sign outside the little Baptist congregation in Sewickley read simply: "In Memory of Charlie Kirk 1993-2025." It was one of dozens of images on Facebook feeds showing houses of worship honoring Kirk since he was murdered while speaking at Utah Va... Read More

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The Awakening Few See Coming Sep 23, 2025

PITTSBURGH — If you were looking for young people distraught over Sept. 10's brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk here, you were looking in the wrong place. They went to The Sanctuary church by the busloads. Even Pastor Jason Howard was taken a... Read More