In a post on Facebook earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Robert Samuels shared a message with friends about his excitement around covering the Winter Olympics.
“I am still pinching myself that in February I am going to fulfill my childhood dream of covering the Olympics,” he wrote at the conclusion of a lengthy post. “The thought gives me a tremendous amount of childish delight.”
But last week, Samuels was among the Washington Post staffers who were informed via an email, first reported by Semafor Friday evening, that the paper would not be sending sports staff to the Olympics after all.
It was the first overt sign, Post staffers believe, of major newsroom cuts slated to be implemented in the coming weeks.
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