Jeff D’Onofrio, publisher & chief executive of The #WashingtonPost, wrote in a separate note that O’Neal had made the call to step down. “I want to thank him for his leadership & hard work in reimagining the section,” wrote D’Onofrio.
O’Neal’s announcement delivered another shock to a #news organization that underwent drastic changes in the past few years.
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In 2023 & 2025, it offered buyouts that shrank the news staff by >200 #journalists. And in February, The #WashingtonPost laid off in excess of 300 journalists, hollowing out its sports, local & international teams.
In February 2025, #JeffBezos issued a directive to focus the #opinion section on “two pillars: personal liberties & free markets.” He wrote that the section would “cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”