Journalists Sent Pizza As Thanks For Their Coverage Of The Trump Administration

Reporters at the Washington Post were definitely not expecting this cheesy surprise.

The team at the internationally renowned news agency was treated to a pizza lunch by a GoFundMe campaign called “Pizza For The Newsroom,” according to the Washingtonian.

The campaign, started by former Atlanta-Journal Constitution writer Kevin Austin, is a way to say thanks to news organizations like the Post and the New York Times for their journalistic efforts and intense reporting over the course of the first few weeks of the President Trump’s administration.

“I think it would be a significant, personal gesture to reach out to them with the corny, cozy newsroom tradition of sending pizza to the newsroom. It’s a ritual we can share with others who want to salute them. My hope is that this impulsive project (an idea that came to me in the shower) will grow. PIZZA FOR EVERY NEWSROOM, because nothing says thank-you like a slice of pepperoni. They deserve our thanks.”

The campaign raised $7,800 in total, easily exceeding its goal of $2,000. Thus, they’ll be able to deliver pizza to the Post, the Times, and twenty other news organizations, including CNN, NPR, Reuters, and the Los Angeles Times’ Washington bureau. So far, pizza has only been sent to the Post and the Times, but Austin plans to roll out the rest of the pizza deliveries soon.

Hey dear readers: thanks for the pizza! pic.twitter.com/CK0SEABQUe

— Gene Park (@GenePark) March 16, 2017

Austin’s efforts have led to a great showing of appreciation and recognition for the press community around the White House as they perform their exhausting and necessary job of reporting on all of the events surrounding the new President and his administration.

Their gallant efforts and important news articles definitely deserve at least a few free slices of pizza.