Late on Sunday, June 2, Will Lewis announced that Washington Post executive editor Sally Buzbee was stepping down and said that two of his former colleagues would be taking top editorial roles at the publication.
Lewis also announced a restructuring of the Post's editorial operation to take effect later this year, expanding from two newsrooms to three focused on different areas of coverage, with each led by different individuals under his leadership.
Buzbee was offered the job of leading the new third newsroom by Lewis but saw it as a demotion, eventually leading to her departure.
In a conference call after her departure, Buzbee expressed her desire to stay but acknowledged that circumstances made it impossible, indicating a sense of dissatisfaction or disagreement with the situation.
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