The Washington Post experienced a brief period of stability after staff departures but faces impending buyouts as the deadline nears for long-term employees. Optimism regarding the situation is fading among the staff. Significant newsroom leadership, including the deputy managing editors and various editors, are taking buyouts, with some departing to competitors like the New York Times. The loss of seasoned journalists and the resulting gain for rival outlets raises concerns regarding the paper's future and business model, stressing the negative impact of losing talent.
Several newsroom leaders are taking the buyout, including Krissah Thompson, who oversaw WP Ventures, and deputy managing editors. A handful of the video team are also departing.
These buyouts mean not only a loss of talent and institutional knowledge but a big gain for the competition. Ann Marimow accepted the buyout to join the Supreme Court team at the New York Times.
There's been a lot of optimism that we were at the worst part a while ago, but I just don't think there's any reason to believe that anymore.
It's a really bad business model to push out talented reporters and then have them report against you.
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