Costa is a very able and diligent reporter.

Post reporter Robert Costa takes over helm of PBS’s ‘Washington Week’

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Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa is taking over for the late Gwen Ifill as moderator of the long-running PBS political talk show “Washington Week.”Costa, 31, will remain in his current position at The Post, covering Congress and the Trump administration.“I just really want to bring that reporting mentality on Friday and have a conversation with the best reporters in town,” Costa said in an interview Thursday. “At a time when everyone talks about fake news, this show is about real news.

And it has a real legacy.”Loyal viewers of the program will not be surprised by the selection. Costa, former Washington editor of National Review magazine, has been a regular guest on “Washington Week” since 2014 and has been the show’s guest host for the past two months.“He seems to have the energy, his finger on the pulse and enthusiasm for the topics,” said WETA president and chief executive Sharon Percy Rockefeller. “I’m glad he’s staying full time at The Post, because it’s nothing but great to have all that knowledge at the end of the week on Friday night.”