UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 10)

     THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
(Name of Company)

     CLASS B COMMON STOCK, $1.00 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)

     939640 10 8
(CUSIP Number)


Diana M. Daniels, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
The Washington Post Company
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20071
(202) 334-6600

with a copy to:

Ronald Cami, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(212) 474-1000

______________________________________________
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications)

	September 12, 2002
	(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D,
and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4),
check the following box ?.

Note:  six copies of this statement, including all exhibits,
should be filed with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect
to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page. *The remainder
of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).



	SCHEDULE 13D



CUSIP No. 939640 10 8




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1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
SS OR IRS IDENTIFICATION NO OF ABOVE PERSON

Donald E. Graham


2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*	(a)
	            (b)  x



SEC USE ONLY

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     Not Applicable

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(E)	?

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          United States

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH

7

SOLE VOTING POWER
2,213,606


8

SHARED VOTING POWER
1,240,653


9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
485,841


10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,240,653

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,454,259 shares of Common Stock



12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN    ?
SHARES*

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
36.3%, the number of shares of Common Stock currently owned by
Donald E. Graham (3,454,259) divided by the number of shares of Common
Stock reported by the Company as outstanding on September 30, 2002
(9,507,443).

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!








This Report relates to the Class B Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share (the "Class B Common Stock"), of
The Washington Post Company (the "Company").  The Report on
Schedule 13D filed by Donald E. Graham and Katharine Graham
dated March 4, 1977 (the "Original Report"), as amended on
February 14, 1983 ("Amendment No. 1"), March 5, 1985
("Amendment No. 2"), April 16, 1986 ("Amendment No. 3"),
January 28, 1987 ("Amendment No. 4"), February 15, 1995
("Amendment No. 5"), January 27, 1998 ("Amendment No. 6"),
March 8, 2001 ("Amendment No. 7"), August 30, 2001
("Amendment No. 8") and September 21, 2002 ("Amendment No.
9") is hereby amended and supplemented as set forth below.
The Original Report, as amended by Amendment No. 1,
Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment
No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8 and
Amendment No. 9 is hereinafter referred to as
"Schedule 13D".  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
Schedule 13D.

The descriptions contained in this Report of
certain agreements and documents are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the complete texts of such
agreements and documents, which have been filed as exhibits
to the Schedule 13D, as amended by this Report, and
incorporated by reference herein.

The amendments to the Schedule 13D are as follows:

Item 5:  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5 of Schedule 13D is hereby deleted in its
entirety and substituted by the following:

Interests of Mr. Graham:



As of September 12, 2002, Mr. Graham was the
beneficial owner (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-
3(a), (c) and (d) under the Act) of 3,454,259 shares of
Class B Common Stock of the Company, constituting
approximately 36.3% of such shares then outstanding (as
determined in accordance with the Rule 13d-3(d)(1) under the
Act).  Such beneficial ownership was as set forth in
paragraphs (a) through (s) below.  Except as to the extent
of:  (A) his shared fiduciary voting and investment power
with respect to, and one-quarter beneficial interest in, the
shares held in the trusts referred to in paragraph (e)
below,  (B) his shared fiduciary voting and investment power
with respect to, and beneficial ownership in, the shares
held in the trust referred to in paragraph (p) below, (C)
his shared fiduciary voting and investment power with
respect to the shares held in the trusts referred to in
paragraphs (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (n), (o), (q) and (r)
below, (D) his sole fiduciary voting and investment power
with respect to the shares held in the trusts referred to in
paragraph (i) below, and (E) his sole voting power, under an
agreement dated as of February 25, 1977, as extended and
amended as of September 13, 1985, and as extended and
amended as of May 15, 1996, with respect to the shares
referred to in paragraph (l) below, Mr. Graham has no
beneficial interest, and expressly disclaims any beneficial
interest, in the shares referred to in such paragraphs (e)
through (s).

(a)	600 shares of Class B Common Stock and 356,318
shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00
per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Company
(Class A Common Stock being convertible share for
share into Class B Common Stock) owned by Mr.
Graham, as to which he had sole voting and
investment power.

(b)	108,923 shares of Class B Common Stock held in a
revocable trust for the benefit of Mr. Graham.
Mr. Graham, as settlor, had sole voting power and
investment power with respect to such shares.  Mr.
Graham has the right to revoke such trust at any
time.

(c)	116,830 shares of Class A Common Stock held in a
trust for the benefit of Mr. Graham.  Mr. Graham,
as a trustee, shared voting and investment power
with respect to such shares with Daniel L. Mosley,
the other trustee.

(d)	96,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held in a
trust for the benefit of Mr. Graham.  Mr. Graham,
as a trustee, shared voting and investment power
with Mr. Mosley, the other trustee.

(e)	384,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held in
trusts for the equal benefit of four persons
(including Mr. Graham) and their descendants.  Mr.
Graham, as a trustee, shared voting and investment
power with respect to such shares with George J.
Gillespie III and Elizabeth Graham Weymouth, the
other trustees.

(f)	239,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held in
trusts for the benefit of others.  Mr. Graham, as a
trustee, shared voting and investment power with
Mr. Mosley, the other trustee.



(g)	113,894 shares of Class A Common Stock held in two
trusts for the benefit of others.  Mr. Graham, as a
trustee, shared voting and investment power with
respect to such shares with Mr. Mosley and
Stephen M. Graham, the other trustees for 60,497
shares and with Mr. Mosley and William W. Graham,
the other trustees for 53,397 shares.

(h)	46,339 shares of Class B Common Stock held in a
charitable trust for the benefit of others.  Mr.
Graham, as a trustee, shared voting and investment
power with respect to such shares with Theodore
Lutz, Martin Cohen and Mary Bellor, the other
trustees.

(i)	20,000 shares of Class B Common Stock held in two
trusts for the benefit of others.  Mr. Graham, as
trustee, had sole voting and investment power with
respect to such shares.

(j)	10,000 shares of Class B Common Stock held in a
trust for the benefit of another.  Mr. Graham, as
trustee, shared voting and investment power with
respect to such shares with Mr. Gillespie, the
other trustee.

(k)	5,800 shares of Class B Common Stock held in a
trust for the benefit of another.  Mr. Graham, as a
trustee, shared voting and investment power with
respect to such shares with Mr. Mosley, the other
trustee.

(l)	1,727,765 shares of Class B Common Stock owned by
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. or its subsidiaries, as to
which Mr. Graham had sole voting power under an
agreement dated as of February 25, 1977, as
extended and amended as of September 13, 1985, and
as extended and amended as of May 15, 1996, as more
fully described in Item 6 below.

(m)	35,000 shares of Class B Common Stock owned by Mr.
Graham's spouse as to which Mr. Graham disclaims
any beneficial ownership.

(n)	5,000 shares of Class B Common Stock held by a
trust for the benefit of another.  Mr. Graham, as a
trustee, shared voting and investment power with
respect to such shares with William W. Graham and
Mr. Gillespie, the other trustees.

(o)	20,000 shares of Class B Common Stock held in
trusts for the benefit of two persons.  Mr. Graham,
as trustee, shared voting power and investment
power with respect to such shares with Mr.
Gillespie, the other trustee.

(p)	77,406 shares of Class A Common Stock held by a
trust for the benefit of Mr. Graham.  Mr. Graham,
as a trustee, shared voting and investment power
with respect to such shares with Mr. Gillespie, the
other trustee.

(q)	119,184 shares of Class A Common Stock held by
trusts for the benefit of others. Mr. Graham, as a
trustee, shared voting and investment power with
respect to such shares with Mr. Gillespie and
Elizabeth Weymouth, the other trustees for 41,366
shares, and with Mr. Gillespie and Stephen M.
Graham, the other trustees for 41,366 shares, and
with Mr. Gillespie and William W. Graham, the other
trustees for 36,452 shares.

(r)	7,200 shares of Class A Common Stock held in trusts
for the equal benefit of two persons.  Mr. Graham,
as a trustee, shared voting and investment power
with respect to such shares with Mr. Gillespie, the
other trustee.

(s)	7,200 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by Mr.
Graham's spouse as to which Mr. Graham disclaims
any beneficial ownership.




TRANSACTIONS DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS:

		On August 21, 2002, a trust for the benefit
of one of Mr. Graham's siblings (of which Mr. Graham is one of
the trustees) exchanged 7,100 shares of Class A Common Stock for
an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by
Mr. Graham.  On that same date, a sibling of Mr. Graham
exchanged 17,514 shares of Class A Common Stock for an
equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by
Mr. Graham.  Over a period of five days from August 22 through
August 27, 2002, said trust for the benefit of one of Mr.
Graham's siblings sold 7,100 shares of Class B Common Stock.

		On August 30, 2002, a trust for the benefit
of one of Mr. Graham's siblings (of which Mr. Graham is one of
the trustees) exchanged 36,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
for an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock held
by Mr. Graham.  On September 5, 2002, said trust for the benefit
of one of Mr. Graham's siblings exchanged 36,000 shares of
Class B Common Stock for an equivalent number of shares of
Class A Common Stock held in another trust for the benefit of
the same sibling (of which Mr. Graham is also a trustee).
Over a period of seven days from September 5 through September
12, 2002, the second referenced trust for the benefit of one
Mr. Graham's siblings sold 30,200 shares of Class B Common
Stock.


Item 6.	Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships with Respect to Securities of the
Company

The text of Item 6 is followed by the following:

The voting agreement dated as of February 25,
1977, as extended and amended as of September 13, 1985 has
been extended and amended as of May 15, 1996.  The agreement
has a termination date (which may be extended) of
February 24, 2007.

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set
forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.




Name:   /S/ Donald E. Graham




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