Why Washington Post staffers are appealing to boss Bezos's wife Lauren Sanchez
India Today
Amid fears that layoffs at The Washington Post could render 300 staffers jobless, employees have launched the #SaveThePost campaign, warning that cuts would damage foreign and sports coverage. Staffers are appealing to WaPo owner Jeff Bezos, and his wife, Lauren Sanchez. Here's why.
Washington Post journalists are intensifying public and internal appeals to owner Jeff Bezos amid mounting fears that the newspaper is preparing to implement large-scale layoffs that could significantly shrink its newsroom, including its foreign and sports coverage. What's interesting is that they are also appealing to Bezos's wife, Lauren Sanchez.
The Washington-Baltimore News Guild has encouraged staffers to tag Bezos on social media to draw attention to the looming cuts. In an unusual move, the union has also advised employees to tag Bezos's wife, Lauren Sanchez.
Sanchez is an Emmy award-winning reporter and anchor who has worked across outlets like KCOP-TV, Fox 11, and Fox Sports Net. According to the US news outlet, Puck, during the 2023 International Woman's Media Foundation, she praised The Washington Post's coverage of the war in Ukraine particularly by women correspondents, stating that, "These extraordinary women, true 'Badass beacons of hope', willingly put their lives on the line to keep you informed".
Her praise for the paper's news coverage and background as a journalist is now being counted upon by staffers to convince Bezos to avoid implementing the staff layoffs.
As Kviy Bureau chief Siobhn O'Grady wrote on X, "Hi Jeff Bezos We will never forget your support for our essential work documenting the war in Ukraine, which still rages. Your wife has called our team 'badass beacons of hope.' We risk our lives for the stories our readers demand. Please believe in us and Save The Post."
According to a New York Post report, staffers are also planning to try and enlist the help of Hollywood actors Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, who portrayed executive editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham in the Steven Spielberg-directed film, The Post.
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