Washington Post sacks one-third of its staff
The Washington Post has slashed its staff numbers
The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff overnight, with major cuts across all departments. The publication’s editing, metro, books, and sports desks, plus its international bureaus, were the hardest hit by the cuts.
The Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, broke the news to staff during a company-wide Zoom call.
“For too long, we’ve operated with a structure that’s too rooted in the days when we were a quasi-monopoly local newspaper,” Murray said in the staff video call. “We need a new way forward and a sounder foundation”.
