By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Hays native Jerry Seib, the Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief, will leave that post in January 2017 to become executive Washington editor and chief commentator. The move was first reported Thursday by Politico.com.

Seib has been the WSJ Washington bureau chief the past six years. He has worked at WSJ since 1977.

Seib is a 1974 graduate of TMP Marian High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1978.

Seib was part of the team from the Journal that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in the “breaking news” category for its coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

He also was one of the moderators for the fourth GOP presidential debate in November.