Reformulation aims to broaden the coverage of the newspaper and reach a more diverse audience; will also prioritize vehicle digital products
It announced it on Monday (10.mar.2025) changes in its writing with the objective of expanding the newspaper coverage and reaching a broader audience, according to an internal statement by the executive editor.
According to Sara Fischer of the digital newspaper, the changes take place after months of exits of important employees and negative reactions to recent changes in opinion coverage by businessman Jeff Bezos, owner of Washington Post.
As part of the reformulation of the newsroom, the Post It will divide its national wording in the United States into two sections that will focus on national and political and government coverage, respectively.
According to Murray, the policy and government division will cover most reporters and editors covering the political scenario and the US government. The Economics and Economic Business Policy team will be incorporated into this section.
The national division, which encompasses US teams, education and general attributions in Washington, will be responsible for covering the United States and important questions and figures outside Washington DC and throughout the country more broadly.
Business, technology, health, science and climate teams will be gathered in a new sector that focuses on “How companies are becoming the economy, how scientific and technological changes are affecting daily life and what all this means to health, people’s safety and planet”.disse Murray.
These changes also aim to prioritize digital products and the involvement of readers with newspaper publications. According to the internal statement, the executive editor of the Washington Post will hire a head of print to “Isolate it from the rest of the newsroom and make it totally secondary so that most of us can focus our efforts on our growing digital products”. According to Murray, “The text will no longer be a [formato] standard and length will no longer be a reflective quality measure ”.
The new duties of department head for each new section should be announced soon, said the executive editor. They must enter into force up to a maximum of May 5.
