The Wall Street Journal took a hatchet to its Washington bureau on Thursday, laying off roughly 20 staffers in a restructuring that adds to a brutal start to 2024 for the journalism industry. The cuts focused on the bureau’s economics reporters in Washington, who will be folded into the newspaper’s New York-based business team. “It is imperative that we have the right structure in Washington to deliver trusted, ambitious reporting for our readers in an election year and beyond,” Tucker wrote. Washington bureau employees received the layoff news around 9 a.m., according to a Journal staffer, with specific notices coming a few hours later. The Journal, which is owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, did not respond to requests for comment about exactly how many staffers will lose their jobs.

Source: New York Times February 02, 2024 07:45 UTC