#newsroom-cuts

#newsroom-cuts

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.

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a widespread purge that represented a brutal blow to journalism and one of its most legendary brands. The Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and weather changes in technology and user habits. "We can't be everything to everyone," Murray said in a note to staff members.