Editor of Washington Post opinion section resigns after 1 year

Adam O’Neal inherited a mandate from the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.”

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Adam O’Neal, the top editor of The Washington Post’s opinion section, resigned on Friday, a little over a year after Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner, hired him to reorient the section toward a more libertarian bent.

“While this was not an easy decision, I am leaving proud of how far the opinion section has come and optimistic that its best days lie ahead,” Mr. O’Neal wrote in a note to colleagues.

Jeff D’Onofrio, publisher and chief executive of The Post, wrote in a separate note that Mr. O’Neal had made the call to step down. “I want to thank him for his leadership and hard work in reimagining the section,” wrote Mr. D’Onofrio.

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