Amy Argetsinger

Washington, D.C.

Editor and staff writer for the Style section

Education: The University of Virginia, B.A. in Political and Social Thought

Amy Argetsinger is an editor for the Style section. A staff writer with The Washington Post since 1995, she has been assigned to the Metro staff, covered the Maryland suburbs and higher education; the National staff, as the West Coast as a Los Angeles-based reporter in 2004-2005; and the Style staff, which she joined in 2005. With Style, she was the Reliable Source columnist from 2005 to 2013, before becoming an editor in 2014. She is the author of "There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America" (2021). Also see: amyargetsinger.com
Latest from Amy Argetsinger

Hunter Biden drops lawsuit over Fox News ‘mock trial’ miniseries

Biden did not explain why he had withdrawn the litigation, which accused Fox of violating “revenge porn” laws by using his intimate photos.

July 22, 2024
Hunter Biden at a White House ceremony earlier this month.

Lou Dobbs, cable-news pioneer and Trump media booster, dies at 78

Lou Dobbs, an early CNN star, moved into conservative punditry as a fierce immigration critic. His Fox Business Network show made him a ally of Donald Trump.

July 18, 2024
Lou Dobbs speaks at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md.

Sally Buzbee steps down as executive editor of The Washington Post

Sally Buzbee is stepping down after three years in the job.

June 2, 2024
The Washington Post headquarters in downtown Washington.

The Oscars always get it wrong. Here are the real best pictures of the past 50 years.

With the perspective of time, we can now now discern what movie was actually the best. So here we go, year by year...

March 7, 2024

In Jimmy Buffett’s look and lifestyle, the rise of the casual male

The music made Jimmy Buffett famous, but the vibe made him a multimillionaire. And it gave men of a certain age and demographic a fashion template to live by.

September 3, 2023
Jimmy Buffett performs for fans in 2011 on Duval Street in Key West, Fla.

The golden age of the White House correspondents’ dinner (yes, there was one)

The White House correspondents' gala had a good run of giddy, glamorous years — exactly 24 years, in fact. Let us explain.

April 28, 2023
The dinner now is just a shadow of itself, a costumed reenactment of a golden age of Beltway excess, aspiration and, let's face it, cute presidents.

What Lisa Marie Presley could have taught the nepo babies

Lisa Marie Presley, who died at age 54 on Thursday, was a grounding force for her father's legacy who seemed to make peace with her inherited fame.

January 13, 2023
Lisa Marie Presley stands next to her childhood crib displayed with other mementos at Graceland in 2012.

Judge dismisses Sonmez lawsuit against The Washington Post

The D.C. Superior Court judge found the reporter did not demonstrate her editors had "discriminatory motive" when they reassigned her.

March 25, 2022
The Washington Post building in downtown Washington.

Meat Loaf made the most of being way too much

The operatic weirdo of American pop, Meat Loaf was secretly staking out the zeitgeist all along.

January 21, 2022

100 years ago, the first Miss America pageant was as messy as today’s

Margaret Gorman, Miss Washington, D.C., was named the winner—but Miss New York claimed she was robbed.

December 16, 2021