Hal Straus

Mr. Straus directs development and production of community-driven and interactive features on washingtonpost.com, including comment threads, discussion groups and the PostGlobal and On Faith discussion platforms, where experts and readers from around the world discuss international affairs and religious issues. Before becoming the site’s first interactivity and communities editor in 2007, he launched washingtonpost.com’s opinions and commentary area, its first blogging platform and a number of data-based features, including Home Sales and Federal Worker lookups and a Best Bets local entertainment contest. Mr. Straus worked for the Atlanta Journal Constitution before joining washingtonpost.com, and he helped launch that paper's Web site after covering health, science, state government, the Olympics and national politics as a reporter.