"What's happening to the Post is a public tragedy, but for me, it is also very personal. When my parents' basement recently flooded, amid the waterlogged boxes of old photos and vinyl records, we found my younger sister's baby book. There, on a page reserved for memories from the month she was born-news about visits from doting grandparents, perhaps, or descriptions of her mewling gurgles-my dad had filled the lines with news from our hometown paper, The Washington Post."
"Over recent years, they've repeatedly cut the newsroom-killing its Sunday magazine, reducing the staff by several hundred, nearly halving the Metro desk-without acknowledging the poor business decisions that led to this moment or providing a clear vision for the future. This morning, executive editor Matt Murray and HR chief Wayne Connell told the newsroom staff in an early-morning virtual meeting that it was closing the Sports department and Books section, ending its signature podcast,"
"Post leadership-which did not even have the courage to address their staff in person-then left everyone to wait for an email letting them know whether or not they had a job. (Lewis, who has already earned a reputation for showing up late to work when he showed up at all, did not join the Zoom.)"
Jeff Bezos, as owner, and publisher Will Lewis have enacted repeated newsroom cuts that eliminated signature features and reduced staff by several hundred, including a near-halving of the Metro desk. Executives announced further measures in a virtual meeting that closed the Sports and Books sections, ended the paper's signature podcast, and dramatically gutted the International and Metro departments while imposing staggering cuts across teams. Leadership left staff to await layoff emails rather than speak in person, and Lewis did not join the meeting. The cuts undermine the paper's institutional role and erase its presence in readers' personal histories.
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