Kate Woodsome

Washington, D.C.

Education: Connecticut College, BA in Latin American Studies

Kate Woodsome is a writer, producer and director at Washington Post Opinions. Her work explores the motives for — and impacts of — inequity, abuse of power and social division. She was part of the team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Kate is now focusing on America's mental health crisis and the need for collective care. A Murrow Award-winning journalist, she chooses her medium, be it written column or short documentary, based on what the story and its subjects demand. She built Washington Post Opinions' Video Department from the gro
Latest from Kate Woodsome

Readers react to Kate Woodsome’s column on ADHD ‘illness’

Language, like our understanding of neurodivergences, will change the more we learn.

May 4, 2023

ADHD is an illness, not a lifestyle. Don’t punish people for it.

The story of ADHD in America is a window into how our fractured health system — and hyper-connected culture — make people feel simultaneously better and worse.

April 27, 2023

    ‘How to Rig an Election’

    Tom Hanks and Jeffery Robinson join Washington Post Live on Thursday, April 6.

    April 6, 2023

      Quiet on Set | The hidden dangers of movie and TV production

      A short documentary that uncovers the hidden dangers of movie and TV production.

      March 6, 2023

      American teens are unwell because American society is unwell

      A frantic hunt is on for ways to stop kids from hurting. But if we want to make any lasting difference, it is adults who need the intervention.

      February 15, 2023

        How the U.S. role in the Holocaust plays out in today’s politics

        Filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein open up about the chilling parallels they found between Nazi fascism and U.S. politics today.

        September 21, 2022

          How Cuba’s investment in artists came back to haunt it

          Watch Post Opinions' new film, 'Outside the Revolution,' following an exiled Cuban journalist and artist taking risks to expose government repression.

          July 11, 2022

          Bring Them Home

          An intimate short documentary about the growing crisis of Americans held hostage by foreign governments, "Bring Them Home" follows one family's desperate effort to free their loved one from being a geopolitical pawn.

          May 4, 2022

            Bring Them Home | A short doc from Post Opinions

            When American Emad Shargi is taken hostage by Iran as a pawn in nuclear negotiations with the U.S., his wife and daughters must fight to free him.

            March 7, 2022

            The Jan. 6 mob surged at me. Then the trauma rushed in.

            Journalists remain calm amid chaos to help others understand what’s unfolding. That toughness comes with a price.

            January 5, 2022