Overview

• The Washington Post has offered voluntary separation packages to staffers with at least ten years of service, resulting in more than thirty veteran departures this year.
• Givhan joined The Washington Post in 1995, left for Newsweek between 2010 and 2012, returned in 2014 and became senior critic-at-large in 2020.
• In an Instagram post Givhan described herself as “not done” and said she plans to pursue additional writing and public speaking engagements after her book tour.
• A media observer noted that the wave of veteran buyouts leaves the newsroom youthful but with significantly less institutional experience under publisher Will Lewis.
• Right-leaning outlets framed Givhan’s exit as evidence of ideological purging and celebrated her departure in contrast to mainstream reporting that depicts the moves as voluntary restructuring.