The E.W. Scripps Company has made two significant hires at its Washington bureau. Phil Pruitt is the new director of digital content and Marcia Myers joins the team as the senior investigations editor. Pruitt will lead digital news and information operations for the bureau, including launching DecodeDC, a new multi-platform political news outlet acquired by Scripps last fall.

Myers will develop, lead and edit national, high-impact investigative projects. Both start Jan. 13, 2014.

Pruitt joins the bureau from Yahoo News. Myers joins the bureau from London.