There are five reporters left covering DC.
Reporters started posting that they had received notices this morning.
The Times Meg James also reported that figure, which is about 20% of the newsroom.
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That is one of the largest workforce reductions in the papers history.
A Times spokeswoman declined to comment.
We are committed to doing so, he said.
Staffers who were laid off have been posting message on X/Twitter all day long. Sarah Wire, Justice Department and national security reporter based in Washington, D.C., wrote that the bureau there “was decimated.”
