The Washington Post began 2025 with a round of layoffs affecting about 4% of employees.
On the same day, HuffPost said it would eliminate about 30 editorial positions.
Press Gazette will track job cuts in the UK and US journalism industry throughout 2025 through this regularly updated page.
In 2024, according to our analysis, there were about 4,000 jobs in the journalism sector.
The losses were double that number in 2023 when the industry cut at least 8,000 jobs.
January 2025 Press Job Cuts
Fox Media – 12 people
January 9: Layoffs were made at Vox.com, which the company called a “difficult but necessary step as the industry evolves.”
A company spokesperson said: “Going forward, Vox will focus resources where it is most competitive and differentiated, while creating a more collaborative structure across all platforms (text, podcast, video). A greater focus will help Vox build a sustainable business over the long term, while maintaining its sensitivity editorially essential and continue to serve the audience where they value Vox most.
Writers Guild of America, East He told The Wrap that 12 people lost their jobs as a result.
This comes a month after journalists were laid off from Vox Media’s sister brands Thrillist and Eater.
World Radio – Unknown number
January 9: BBC Global reportedly informed its employees She plans to end her local and regional shows At Hurst, Smooth and Capital stations in England, with job losses expected as a result. But no details have been announced yet.
Account – 11 people
January 8: Reckon, a US news organization covering “America’s Accounts” including climate justice, racial justice, LGBT issues and transgender rights, closes with the loss of 11 jobs.
“The Reckon brand, the newsletter and two associated staff will be transferred to New Jersey Advance Media,” said Sarah Sayre of Nieman Lab.
Both Reckon and New Jersey Advance Media are part of Advance Local, with the same ultimate owner as Conde Nast.
Reckon started out in the AJ.com newsroom in Alabama in 2017 before creating its own brand with ambitions to become a national newsroom “Central stories of people traditionally confined outside mainstream outlets.” It was a number of people He was laid off a little less than a year ago.
HuffPost – 30+ people
January 7: HuffPost plans to eliminate more than 30 editorial positions “due to the ongoing and increasing challenges facing our business.” Editor-in-Chief Danielle Belton told staff.
Belton said some desks in the newsroom may be offered voluntary buyout packages and more information will be provided in the coming days.
to update: Two days later, Pelton said she would leave the newsroom herself on January 31 as part of a staff reduction.
she he wrote in a memo to staff: “Due to the fragility of our industry and how it impacts Huffpost, I announced on Tuesday that there will be a significant reduction in staffing in our newsroom. This decision was not taken lightly. We unfortunately have to do this to right-size our business so that Huffpost can survive this difficult time.” .
“No part of the newsroom is immune from this. Even I… This decision was difficult, but clear to me. Huffpost leadership made no decision to reduce staff even slightly, and in the hope of salvaging some roles, I knew I would face elimination.” My roles: I cannot, in good faith, ask others to make this difficult decision without them doing the same.
She added that the company needs to decide “what the next steps are to take with the editor-in-chief role.”
The Washington Post – less than 100 people
January 7: The Washington Post decided to cut about 4% of its workforce, fewer than 100 people in its business departments.
About 73 people were reportedly laid off from the advertising department, the worst affected. Marketing and IT teams were also affected.
The Daily Beast reported this Six people from the Post’s public relations department were laid offwith four people remaining. Staff were told that the newspaper would “cease ad hoc advertising for our journalism via broadcast and traditional media” and instead focus on promoting its talent.
“We need to reach our journalism more frequently and no longer believe traditional outreach is the way to get there,” Cathy Bird, chief communications officer, said in a memo to staff.
The newsroom was not affected. The Post last reduced its number of journalists in 2023 When she made 240 voluntary purchases.
The Postal Union, which represents newsroom employees, told its members: “This is a really tough time, which comes after a really tough time, which comes after a really tough time at the company.”
The newspaper said in a Joint statement with The New York Times: “The Washington Post continues to transform to meet the needs of the industry, build a more sustainable future and reach audiences where they are. The changes to our business functions are all in service of our larger goal of best positioning the newspaper for the future.
that The newspaper’s internal memo said It is “redefining how we approach customer partnerships and advertising to move us beyond the traditional ways in which we have worked.”
In September, The Post cut 54 people (25%). From its publishing software arm Arc XP.
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