“Democracy Dies in Darkness” was gravely added to the Post’s masthead in February 2017. While the origin of the slogan was revealed to have deeper roots than just the recent election cycle, the sentiment reveals the earnest intention of Executive Editor Marty Baron and owner Jeff Bezos to produce impactful reporting that mixes Washington, national, and global scope. The Washington Post has won 47 Pulitzers since its founding in 1877, receiving particularly notable praise for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s resilient Watergate investigation that would eventually lead to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. Published in Washington, D.C., it was founded on December 6, 1877. Located in the capital city of the United States, the newspaper has a particular emphasis on national politics. The newspaper's slogan states, "Democracy dies in darkness". Daily editions are printed for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. It is published as a broadsheet. The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes. This includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008, second only to The New York Times' seven awards in 2002 for the highest number ever awarded to a single newspaper in one year. Post journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. In the early 1970s, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press' investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal; reporting in the newspaper greatly contributed to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. In years since, its investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In October 2013, the paper's longtime controlling family, the Graham family, sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, a holding company established by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. Bezos paid $250 million in cash for the paper.