Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists

In February 2026, The Washington Post announced that it was eliminating more than 300 journalists from its newsroom. The Post announced that it no longer have dedicated coverage of sports and is shuttering its bureaus in the Middle East, India, and Australia, among other cuts. In all more than 300 of the newsroom’s 800 employees were let go. The newsroom as recently as 2022 numbered more than 1,000 journalists; the cuts mean that the newsroom s smaller than when Jeff Bezos purchased the paper in 2013.

Executive editor Matt Murray said the cuts were aimed at making The Post “more competitive,” but former executive editor Marty Baron assailed the move as one of the “darkest days in the history of one of the world’s greatest news organizations.”What was the impact of The Washington Post’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election?
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