The Washington Post Guild created a GoFundMe for the more than 300 journalists that were laid off at the mainstay newspaper Wednesday morning — and were “bowled over” by the influx of donations from near and far. The GoFundMe, organized by the guild and overseen by economics reporter Rachel Siegel, eclipsed $250,000 in donations Wednesday evening. 4 The Washington Post Guild organized a GoFundMe for the sum-odd 300 journalists who were fired Wednesday. The Washington Post via Getty Images“This is an incredibly hard day at The Post, and for the most part, words fail. The need is also unprecedented, and the scale hard to comprehend,” Siegel wrote in an update Wednesday.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2026 15:33 UTC