Lizzie Johnson, the Washington Post’s Ukraine correspondent, announced that she was fired by the outlet “in the middle of the battlefield.” It comes as The Washington Post says it is laying off a third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom.
Who is Lizzie Johnson? ‘Devastated’ WPO Ukraine correspondent says she was laid off ‘in the middle of the battlefield’ (@lizziejohnsonnn/X)“I was just stopped by The Washington Post is in the middle of the battlefield. I have no words. I’m devastated,” Johnson wrote on X.
Johnson posted the message in response to an old post of his, in which he opened up about the problems he faced while working. He wrote one, sharing a photo of himself working inside a car January post”waking up without electricity, heat, or running water. (Again.) But here’s the deal Kyiv continues. Heating in the car, writing in pencil—pen ink accumulating—in the headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post.”
Who is Lizzie Johnson?Johnson’s Washington Post bio says he “joined the international desk from investigative, where he was a reporter on the narrative accountability team, combining the rigor of investigative reporting with the power of narrative storytelling.” He previously worked as a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. D The Nebraska native joined The Washington Post in 2021.
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“Johnson is a four-time finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, most recently for international reporting. His in-depth coverage of the California wildfire crisis led to his first book, ‘Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire,'” which was adapted from The Mac Apple and the Mac starring film The Loaf America. Survive an American Wildfire”. Ferreira,” reads his biography.
According to The Kyiv Independent, several staffers reported that Johnson was laid off after the Washington Post closed its Kiev bureau as people battled the harshest winter since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Local staff are expected to continue “in some capacity,” said a person familiar with the matter.
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Ukraine bureau chief Siobhan O’Grady said X post”Working as the Washington Post’s bureau chief in Ukraine is the honor of my life.”
More than 300 journalists have been retrenched. Executive Editor Matt Murray told staff that The Washington Post will now narrow its focus to national politics, business and health, according to the New York Times.
