Chelsea Janes is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. Chelsea Janes is a reporter at The Washington Post, where she formely covered the Washington Nationals. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In January 2019, she began covering the 2020 Presidential campaingn for The Washington Post. ^[1]

Chelsea Janes graduated from Yale University in 2012 with a Bachelor's degree in history and International studies. She went on to attend Stanford University, where she received a Master's degree in communication.

While playing sports in college, someone who wrote for the school paper needed her help getting in touch with their hockey team's unofficial mascot.

Because she knew several athletes, she got in touch with him and decided to write the story instead.

Chelsea Janes eventually interned at USA Today and the San Francisco Chronicle, and covered the San Diego Padres as an associate reporter for MLB.com. ^[2]

In the summer of 2013, she accepted an internship at The Washington Post.She covered high school sports in the region before shifting to baseball and writing profiles and feature stories for the Baltimore Orioles. ^[2]

On November 19, 2014, The Washington Post announced that Janes would be a beat reporter for the Washington Nationals. ^[2]

She currently is covering the 2020 Presidential campaign for The Washington Post.

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