Greg Jaffe has been a national reporter for The Washington Post since March 2009. He was recently awarded the 2024 Toner Prize for Excellence in National Political Reporting for a series of four stories last year from Ottawa County, Michigan, which documented the dissolution of trust in Ottawa after newly elected county commissioners, driven by ideology and suspicion, took power. Previously, he covered the White House and the military for The Post. Before joining The Post, he worked at the Wall Street Journal and the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.