
Washington, D.C.
Reporter covering the Justice Department and civil rights.
Education: University of Missouri, bachelor of journalism
David Nakamura started at The Washington Post as a summer intern in 1992. After four years as a sports reporter, he moved to the local news staff and wrote about education in Virginia and Maryland and city government in the District. In 2004, he was part of a team that uncovered high levels of lead contamination in D.C. tap water, a series that won the 2005 Selden Ring Award for investigative reporting. He has reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Japan and covered the Obama and Trump White Houses.
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