Ariel Plotnick

Washington, D.C.

Audio Producer, Post Reports at The Washington Post

Audio producer for #PostReports @washingtonpost. Previously @wamu @kalw @whyy @ucbsoj.

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Articles

How ISIS became 'the easiest club' to join

Jan 6, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Monica Campbell |Elana Gordon |Ariel Plotnick |Rennie Svirnovskiy |Reena Flores |Sam Bair
A surprising turn in Syria's civil war

Dec 4, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Peter Bresnan |Savannah Robinson |Ariel Plotnick |Rennie Svirnovskiy |Monica Campbell |Reena Flores | +1 more
Can Trump really deport millions of people?

Nov 18, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rennie Svirnovskiy |Laura Benshoff |Ariel Plotnick |Monica Campbell |Maggie Penman
What Trump's win means for the rest of the world

Nov 11, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rennie Svirnovskiy |Ariel Plotnick |Elana Gordon |Lucy Perkins |Maggie Penman

For months, foreign leaders have been anxiously awaiting the results of the United States’ presidential election. Now, with Donald Trump’s decisive victory, politicians and policymakers abroad are wondering what a second Trump presidency will mean for them, and for the complex issues facing the world right now. Today, host Martine Powers speaks with foreign affairs columnist Ishaan Tharoor about the ripple effects of Trump’s win across the globe.
Post Reports: Mapping how Harris or Trump might win

Nov 5, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Reena Flores |Ariel Plotnick |Emma Talkoff |Rennie Svirnovskiy

Eavesdrop on Post Opinions columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news moments we can’t stop thinking about.
How Trump would fight a 2024 election loss

Oct 24, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Peter Bresnan |Monica Campbell |Emma Talkoff |Ariel Plotnick |Sean Carter |Martine Powers

The morning after the 2020 election, then-president Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and claimed that a “fraud” was being perpetrated on the American public. He would go on to wage a campaign against the 2020 results, which culminated in rioters storming the U.S. Capitol. Now, with Trump back on the ballot, experts are concerned that Trump and his allies may use the same playbook they did in 2020 to challenge the 2024 results.
The devastation of Hurricane Helene

Oct 1, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Reena Flores |Elana Gordon |Savannah Robinson |Ariel Plotnick |Sean Carter |Scott Dance | +2 more

Across the southeastern United States, Hurricane Helene destroyed houses, swept up cars and overflowed riverbanks. Now millions of people are without power and clean drinking water; more than 100 people are dead. “It's not really an overstatement to say there are towns that were there and are basically not there anymore,” environment and climate reporter Brady Dennis said. He’s been reporting from North Carolina, where many communities were not prepared for the disaster.
Another potential assassination attempt against Trump

Sep 16, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Ariel Plotnick |Rennie Svirnovskiy |Sean Carter |Lucy Perkins

Law enforcement officials work outside of the Trump International Golf Club after a potential assassination attempt of Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump. (Lynne Sladky/AP)Yesterday, Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on the suspicion of possibly trying to assassinate former president Donald Trump. Today, Routh was charged with two gun-related crimes.
Why some disabled workers make $1 an hour - The Washington Post

Sep 3, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Martine Powers |Elana Gordon |Reena Flores |Sabby Robinson |Ariel Plotnick |Sam Bair | +3 more

Across the country thousands of disabled workers are making less than a dollar an hour. Today, an investigation into the federal program that allows workers to earn subminimum wages, its lack of oversight and why so many families still support it.
Nancy Pelosi's not sorry

Aug 21, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Lucy Perkins |Ariel Plotnick

Senior political reporter and co-host of “The Campaign Moment” Aaron Blake talks with Marianna Sotomayor, a congressional reporter for The Post who has covered Pelosi for years. They walk through the strings Pelosi reportedly pulled to get Biden to withdraw, earning her the nickname “The Godmother” – after the mafia movie “The Godfather” – from some Democratic delegates at the convention. They also run down her appearances around the convention and why some Biden allies may seek revenge.