# Dave Jorgenson Jumped From Short-Form Video at The Washington Post to Long-Form Video on YouTube. Which Task is Harder?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dave-jorgenson-jumped-from-short-form-video-at-the-washington-post-to-long-form-video-on-youtube-which-task-is-harder/
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:42:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:40:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dave-jorgenson-video-washington-post-youtube-1236931962/
- Topics: Americas, Europe, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Dave Jorgenson has shifted from Post TikToks to long-form YouTube news.
- “What’s Your Source” pairs fact-checking with comedy and viewer questions.
- The show has 454,000 subscribers as social media news use grows.

## Summary

Dave Jorgenson, who built The Washington Post’s TikTok channel to 1.9 million followers, has moved from short videos to longer YouTube programmes with his new company, Local News International. Its show “What’s Your Source” combines comedy with reporting and fact-checking, reflecting a broader shift in how audiences encounter news online.

Episodes run for more than half an hour and typically begin with a viewer’s question about a claim circulating in their media feeds. One recent programme examined whether Ukrainian attacks on Russian data centres had disrupted propaganda bots, including an expert interview and a comedy sketch. Jorgenson’s team includes former Post colleagues and writers from “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”; the show has 454,000 YouTube subscribers. Pew Research Center figures cited in the article show that 58% of US adults now consider social media important for keeping up with news, up from 43% in 2022.

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