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fromTruthout
6 days agoFormer Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We're going to stay on the media right now. In what's been described a "bloodbath," The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists, about 30% of all its employees, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage, including all of the newspaper's Middle East correspondents and editors. The Post's Ukraine reporter Lizzie Johnson wrote on X, quote, "I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a war zone," she wrote from Ukraine.
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fromPoynter
2 months agoSally Jenkins on the Washington Post, her move to The Atlantic and what comes next
I didn't leave out of any unhappiness. ... The Washington Post has given me everything I've got in this life. Not just money, but purpose and an education. It was very formative. I went to work there at 24 years old, I was there for a sum total of 30 years. So I didn't leave out of unhappiness.
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fromPoynter
4 months agoKaren Attiah reflects on her controversial firing from The Washington Post and what comes next - Poynter
Karen Attiah was abruptly fired by The Washington Post in September after social media posts following Charlie Kirk's shooting; she filed a grievance and launched a Substack, The Golden Hour.
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fromThe Atlantic
8 months agoWill The Washington Post Embrace the AI Slush Pile?
Editorial judgment is crucial in publishing, filtering low-quality content from valuable writing.
The Washington Post is expanding its opinion section using an initiative called Ripple.
Ripple will incorporate AI to assist nonprofessional writers in submitting op-eds.
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