What is the name of the newspaper at the center of Steven Spielberg’s 2017 film The Post?

The newspaper at the center of Steven Spielberg’s 2017 film The Post is The Washington Post.

The film dramatizes the newspaper’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, a classified study of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Publisher Katharine Graham and executive editor Ben Bradlee must weigh legal threats and personal risks against the public interest in revealing the government’s history of misleading statements.

Meryl Streep plays Graham, while Tom Hanks plays Bradlee. Their characters represent different forms of newsroom leadership: Graham is navigating a major institutional decision during the paper’s public transition, while Bradlee pushes the reporting and publication process forward.

The Post is based on real events from 1971. It is not primarily about The New York Times, although that newspaper had already begun publishing the Pentagon Papers and its legal battle is part of the historical context.