The Washington Post announced another round of massive cuts, this time of 30% of its staff. This includes 300 of its reporters, including a few seasoned ones. Among those journalists include every reporter and editor that covers the Middle East.
The former executive editor of the Washington Post, Marty Barron, commented on the announced cuts, saying “This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world’s greatest news organizations. The Washington Post’s ambitions will be sharply diminished, its talented and brave staff will be further depleted, and the public will be denied the ground-level, fact-based reporting in our communities and around the world that is needed more than ever.”
Washington Post lays off 30% of its staff, including 300 reporters – The Post Millennial
Closing will be the paper’s sports and books sections, as well as the Post Reports daily news podcast. The Post’s metro section will continue in a reduced capacity, as well as its international coverage.
The Washington Post announced to employees on Wednesday that it was carrying out widespread layoffs that will reportedly affect the paper’s sports, international, and local news coverage.
Two people with knowledge of the decision told the New York Times that the Washington Post is laying off around 30 percent of its staff, including over 300 of the around 800 reporters in the newsroom, as well as people on the business side. Emails notifying employees that they had been laid off began going out in the morning.
In a Wednesday call, The Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, told newsroom employees that the paper had been losing too much money for too long, and has not been meeting the needs of its readers. He said that all sections of the paper would feel the effects of layoffs, and that in the end, the publication would be focused more on national news and politics, business, and health more so than other areas.
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