Overview
- Roughly 300 positions—about a third of the workforce—were cut across the company, according to reports from NBC and the New York Times, after management announced a sweeping reorganization.
- The sports and books desks were eliminated, the Post Reports podcast was discontinued, local D.C. coverage was pared back, and most foreign posts—including the Middle East and Ukraine—were sharply reduced.
- Several correspondents said they were dismissed while deployed, including Ukraine reporter Lizzie Johnson who wrote that she was fired “in the middle of a war zone.”
- Hundreds protested outside the Post’s Washington headquarters as the newsroom union warned the cuts would hollow out the paper and erode its credibility and reach.
- Acting executive editor Matt Murray called the changes painful but necessary, with the Wall Street Journal reporting the paper lost about $100 million in 2024 and has faced sustained subscription declines.