Mary Jordan

Washington, D.C.

Associate Editor

Education: Georgetown University, BA; Columbia University, MA in journalism; Nieman Fellow at Harvard University; Studied Spanish for a year at Stanford University

Mary Jordan, a Washington Post Associate Editor, has written about national politics and spent 14 years abroad as a foreign correspondent and Washington Post co-bureau chief in Tokyo, Mexico City and London. She has written from more than 40 countries. She and her husband and Washington Post colleague, Kevin Sullivan, won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their investigation of the Mexican justice system. Jordan has taught journalism at Georgetown University, and she spent a year studying at Harvard University on a Nieman Fellowship and a year at Stanford University stud
Latest from Mary Jordan

As Jimmy Carter nears 100, he is buoyed by Harris’s run for president

As Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday approaches on Oct. 1, he is talking more and delighting in the momentum behind Vice President Kamala Harris, his family said.

September 6, 2024
The Plains Depot in Plains, Ga., seen last year, was the center for Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign in 1976.

Carter’s next potential milestone: First former president to see 100

Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care for 16 months, but he continues to eat well and defy the odds as his 100th birthday approaches.

June 22, 2024
Busts of President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter at the lobby of the visitor’s center at the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park in Plains, Ga.

Rosalynn Carter buried near the Georgia home that she built with Jimmy

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died this month at 96, was buried near the Plains, Ga., house she and Jimmy Carter built in 1961.

November 29, 2023

Melania Trump joins first ladies at Rosalynn Carter memorial

Melania Trump made a rare public appearance to mourn former first lady Rosalynn Carter at a tribute in Atlanta, gathering with other former first ladies.

November 28, 2023

The final hours of Rosalynn Carter’s life, in the town where it began

The 96-year-old former first lady will be buried next week after services in Atlanta and Plains, the small town where she and the former president were born.

November 22, 2023

With Rosalynn’s passing, Jimmy Carter faces life alone

The Carters, who met as small children in Plains, Ga., were married for 77 years. Friends say it is ‘hard to imagine one without the other.’

November 19, 2023
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter hold hands as they walk toward their home in Plains, Ga., on Aug. 4, 2018.

The retired pilot went to the hospital. Then his life went into a tailspin.

Many older people are one medical emergency away from a court-appointed guardian taking control of their lives.

November 4, 2023

As Jimmy Carter turns 99, he’s still full of surprises

Seven months after entering hospice, Jimmy Carter defied expectations with his 99th birthday on Sunday.

October 1, 2023
Former president Jimmy Carter and ex-first lady Rosalynn Carter made a rare public appearance at the Peanut Festival parade in Plains, Ga., on Sept. 23. It was the first time Carter had been seen in public since he went into hospice care seven months ago.

As Rosalynn turns 96, the Carters continue to defy the odds

Despite serious health problems, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter still spend most days beside each other in the living room of the Georgia bungalow they built in 1961.

August 17, 2023
Portraits of former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter hang at the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Visitor Center in Plains, Ga.

    All the king’s ... swans? A quiz on the British royals’ assets.

    How much do you know about the properties and other assets owned by the king, the royal family or the Crown?

    May 5, 2023