Amudalat Ajasa

With an average build, black hair, and brown eyes, Amudalat Ajasa is an American journalist. She covers weather and climate for The Washington Post, focusing on extreme weather and its effects on communities. Ajasa has been with The Post since the summer of 2022, and she previously worked at The New York Times, where she was an Ida B. Fellow. Her reporting brings attention to how severe weather events shape lives, a subject that grows more urgent each year. She is American and Black. On Instagram, she shares professional updates with a following of around 3,000 people.