Photo: Kathleen FloydWhen Will Lewis arrived at the Washington Post in January 2024, he was received as a potential redeemer. “He came in, and we were all onboard — It’s exciting; we need a refreshing change,” recalls a former senior newsroom staffer. “The Post had this byzantine structure that made no sense,” says a former Post executive. “We had been fighting our whole Washington Post careers for them to understand that building trust came down to putting out our own people and building a platform around them,” says a former Post executive. One senior newsroom staffer recalls the last conversation they had with Murray before leaving the Post.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2026 10:46 UTC