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WaPo Purge Continues: Phil Bump and Other Resistance Hacks Take Buyouts, But Some Refuse To Leave

Philip Bump is leaving the Washington Post. The annoying resistance columnist announced his decision to take a buyout from the Post last week on Bluesky, the social media app for brain-damaged liberal activists. Few noticed at the time, and even fewer cared. "I am taking some time off before deciding on next steps," he wrote.The post WaPo Purge Continues: Phil Bump and Other Resistance Hacks Take Buyouts, But Some Refuse To Leave appeared first …

Things Are Somehow Getting Worse for the Washington Post

A raft of buyouts and multiple ongoing shake-ups at the Washington ‘Post’ have left staff despondent and unsure about the future.

The journalism-creator connection - American Press Institute

Learning from creators Dave Jorgenson, The Washington Post’s “TikTok guy,” is often cited as a legacy newsroom journalist who has mastered the social platform. Now he, along with two others on The Post’s video team, are leaving The Post to start their own online video company. The New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin calls Jorgenson’s departure a “test of whether a journalist’s personal brand can thrive when it is detached from a nationally known new…

How much longer can The Washington Post bleed talent?

The mass exodus continues at The Washington Post. Opinion writers, columnists and prominent names are fleeing the Post, accepting buyouts that seemed to be specifically designed to cut down on […] The post How much longer can The Washington Post bleed talent? appeared first on Poynter.

Jonathan Capehart leaves the Washington Post after nearly 20 years

Gay Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart has taken a buyout offer to leave the Washington Post after nearly 20 years. He will continue his work as a political analyst for PBS and as a co-host of MSNBC’s “The Weekend” show. News of his departure, reported by Axios on Monday, comes after the recent exodus of several colleagues: Ann Telnaes, David Shipley, Ruth Marcus, Eugene Robinson, and Joe Davidson. In the second Trump administra…

Jonathan Capehart confirms he’s the latest high-profile voice to leave Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post

Jonathan Capehart, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and one of the most prominent out LGBTQ+ Black voices in American media, confirmed Tuesday he has accepted a buyout from The Washington Post, ending an 18-year tenure that spanned presidencies, social reckonings, and rising threats to the free press.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.Axios media correspondent Sara Fischer first …