The Washington Post has launched a new round of buyouts taking aim at veteran staffers, the opinion pages as well as the copy desk and video department. The decision comes as part of the paper’s broader transformation efforts to modernize its operations and meet evolving reader expectations.
According to a staff memo obtained by Fox News Digital, the Voluntary Separation Program (VSP) is being offered to news employees with 10 or more years’ service, as well, to all members of the video department and copy desk. The move is part of the paper’s ongoing newsroom transformation efforts aimed at reshaping and modernizing the newsroom for the current environment.
Executive editor Matt Murray wrote in the memo that the move is necessary because the news industry is adapting to changing habits and new technologies.