Joe Heim

Washington, D.C.

Regional general assignment reporter covering a range of topics including race, politics, history, crime and culture.

Education: University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, master's; Villanova University, BA in English

Joe Heim has been with The Washington Post as an editor and reporter since 1999. He covers social issues, race, politics, protests and the occasional forest fire. Heim was born in Morocco and lived in Kenya and Haiti before moving to the Philadelphia suburbs in the sixth grade. He is a graduate of Villanova University and the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
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Rock Creek Park golf course overhaul gets final approval

The National Park Service’s plan to overhaul the public golf course in Rock Creek Park received final approval Thursday from the National Capital Planning Commission.

September 5, 2024
Golfers on the Rock Creek Park Golf Course on Oct. 31, 2023.

Mold, bugs found at Va. Boar’s Head facility tied to listeria outbreak

The Boar’s Head plant in southern Virginia at the epicenter of a deadly nationwide listeria outbreak was found with mold and insects, according to USDA reports.

August 29, 2024
Shelves sit empty where Boar's Head meats are usually displayed at a Safeway store in San Anselmo, Calif., on July 31.

Their graves were marked only by numbers. She fought to find their names.

Historian Janice Hayes-Williams has worked for almost 25 years to recover the names of more than 1,700 people buried in a Maryland mental hospital’s cemetery.

August 29, 2024

What’s Washington listening to?

We stopped people wearing headphones as they took the Metro to work, walked their dogs and hung out in Dupont Circle and asked what they were listening to.

August 23, 2024

VIDA Fitness reverses security camera plans after public outcry

The company had originally planned to install cameras inside men’s locker rooms at its Logan Circle and U Street locations to prevent theft.

August 21, 2024
Vida Fitness in Logan Circle has been affected by a rash of thefts in its men's locker room.

In Ward 8, Trayon White’s arrest fuels disappointment and suspicion

First elected to the council in 2016, Trayon White was popular and known as someone who grew up in the community and understood the challenges its residents face.

August 19, 2024
D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) addresses the media beside other community members at the corner of Good Hope Road and 16th Street Southeast in August 2023.

FBI arrests D.C. Council member Trayon White

The nature of the allegations against White, a Democrat representing Ward 8, were not immediately clear. The FBI declined to comment.

August 18, 2024
Ward 8 council member Trayon White.

Trump campaign threatens Loudoun County GOP with lawsuit over merch sales

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has threatened the Loudoun County GOP with a lawsuit for selling assassination-themed coffee mugs and t-shirts.

August 18, 2024
Former president Donald Trump holds up a piece of artwork by artist Lawal Izuagbe on Aug. 3 in Atlanta.

Despite rain and some flooding, DMV mostly escapes Debby’s wrath

Debby downs trees and impacts flood-prone areas across the DMV.

August 9, 2024
John Heisch and Will Sizemore pilot their boat along the flooded Annapolis City Dock in Annapolis, Md., on Friday. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)

9/11 victims’ families feel whiplash over plea deal reversal

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin surprised many when he announced late Friday that he was pulling the agreement with three suspects in the terrorist attacks.

August 3, 2024
Among the names on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square in Washington is Moira Smith, one of the many first responders in New York City who died on Sept. 11, 2001.