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Dave Jorgenson, who launched The Washington Post’s TikTok presence in 2019, has announced he’s … More leaving the paper to start his own media venture. Dave Jorgenson Dave Jorgenson, the face of The Washington Post on the paper’s TikTok account and its YouTube channel, is leaving the newspaper after eight years to launch his own video news company — a move that represents both a bet on his personal brand and another blow to a newsroom that’s pretty much in a constant state of flux these days. “Dear Jeff Bezos,” Jorgenson says, addressing the owner of the newspaper, in a voiceover for a minute-long video he posted to YouTube on Tuesday. “If you’re reading this, you already know. I’m leaving The Washington Post and starting my own company.” From TikTok star to startup founder Jorgenson, who helped bring the Post into the Gen Z era with his sketch-driven TikToks and short explainers about politics, business, and culture, announced that he’s stepping away from the paper to launch Local News International, a new venture that aims to mix news and comedy in the style of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. The idea is to do more of what he made a name for himself for at the Post — meeting audiences where they are, and continuing to do so with wit as well as an editorial voice that feels human. This time, without the cachet (and baggage) of a 147-year-old news institution behind him. “I think we’re well positioned to reach an audience that can’t make sense of the current news landscape,” Jorgenson told me when I reached him Tuesday afternoon. “I’m often reminded — from user comments — that I’m their first source to any given news story. For that reason, I take my news format of being silly but…

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