CNN Hire Washington Post Fashioin Critic Rachel Tashjian

CNN treads regularly in the halls of government, but now it’s getting ready for a stroll on the catwalk.

Rachel Tashjian , most recently the fashion critic for The Washington Post, will join CNN as a senior style reporter. She will be part of a team under the supervision of Choire Sicha, who was hired in May to develop a group of journalists focused on features as the news outlet readies a new digital product that will amplify certain beats and topics that may not get as much attention during the primetime lineup of its flagship TV operation. Tashjian will report to Fiona Sinclair Scott, global editor of CNN Style.

“I am absolutely stoked that I finally get to work with Rachel,” said Sicha, in a statement. “She is a brilliant reporter who is also perfectly hilarious, insightful, curiou