"The Washington Post informed its team on Wednesday morning that it was starting a round of mass layoffs, according to multiple media reports and a memo seen by Fast Company. Multiple sections are being shut down completely, while others are being shrunk significantly. The paper's executive editor, Matt Murray, announced the cuts to the newsroom employees, saying that all sections would be impacted by the layoffs. He said the Post would be making a "strategic reset," and is also cutting staff on the business side."
""This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations," Marty Baron, executive editor of the Post from 2013 to 2021, said in a statement. "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.""
Mass layoffs are underway at The Washington Post, with multiple news sections shut down and others significantly reduced. Editorial cuts will affect all sections and business-side staff will also be reduced. Approximately 30% of employees are being laid off, including more than 300 journalists out of roughly 800. Leadership framed the changes as a strategic reset intended to reshape operations and focus resources. Observers warned that the reductions will sharply diminish reporting capacity, deplete talent, and reduce ground-level, fact-based coverage across local and global beats. The sports section will be eliminated, ending routine coverage of local teams.
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