Washington Post Staffer Announces Exit in Fiery Post: Faith In Leadership 'Broken Beyond Repair'
Source: MEDIAite
Mar 16th, 2026, 2:34 pm
Jeff Stein, chief economics correspondent for The Washington Post, has become the latest journalist to announce he’s leaving the troubled Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper for greener pastures.
“Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post,” Stein wrote Monday. “I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair.”
WaPo’s publisher and CEO Will Lewis abruptly stepped down in February, shortly after at least 300 journalists had been laid off. Jeff D’Onofrio, The Post’s CFO and Tumblr’s former CEO, immediately took the reins.
CNN’s Brian Stelter reported, “Post journalists, who believed Lewis had failed to turn around the publication’s fortunes, openly celebrated the news,” adding, “Lewis had lost the confidence of the Post newsroom long ago, and during this week’s layoffs, some staffers said the situation had become increasingly untenable.”
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