"A number of Washington Post journalists are appealing to owner Jeff Bezos to step in and save the paper on Monday amid reports massive layoffs are about to decimate a huge chunk of the newsroom. The hashtag #SavethePost has been used by several WaPo reporters who are making their case for why the Amazon founder should cancel the looming job cuts. Those reporters are calling on Bezos after Puck's Dylan Byers reported last weekend that hundreds of WaPo employees are going to be fired soon."
"Byers reported the sports department is going to be shuttered and that the foreign desk is going to be hit hard too. Status had a similar report on Sunday night, and ex-Washington Post writer Paul Farhi said on Monday he was told up to half of the Post's newsroom will be cut. Sickening, he added. With that as a backdrop, WaPo reporters started using their hashtag to urge Bezos to change his mind"
Washington Post journalists are appealing to owner Jeff Bezos to intervene and cancel planned massive layoffs that could decimate large portions of the newsroom. Reports indicate hundreds of employees may be fired, with the sports department potentially shuttered and the foreign desk heavily impacted. Ex-Washington Post writer Paul Farhi said he was told up to half of the newsroom will be cut. Reporters used the hashtag #SaveThePost to urge Bezos to change his mind or influence editors making hiring and firing decisions. International correspondents warned that cuts would endanger on-the-ground reporting from authoritarian and dangerous areas.
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