Emily Guskin
@emgusk.bsky.social
ABC News Polling Director, former Postie, feminist, library fan, BRCA mutant. Nats! Caps! Terps! Kill them with kindness and methodological rigor. she/her signal: emgusk.04
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Whew, this new ending to the updated story
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Whew, this new ending to the updated story
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This is very true — any journalist can confirm that the most important stories often aren't the ones that get the most clicks — but it also bears endless repeating that Bezos isn't even succeeding by his own journalistically bankrupt metric! The Post has hemorrhaged readers because of his decisions!
This just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how to do news. Data helps, but data doesn’t tell a reporter to spend a years-long investigation into child labor or an editor to place staff in a country on the brink of war. What exactly does Bezos think WaPo’s “journalistic mission” is?
Jeff Bezos' statement, his first since last week's layoffs: "The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity. Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
February 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This is very true — any journalist can confirm that the most important stories often aren't the ones that get the most clicks — but it also bears endless repeating that Bezos isn't even succeeding by his own journalistically bankrupt metric! The Post has hemorrhaged readers because of his decisions!
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Guys, he didn't get fired. He just joined the fourth newsroom.
February 7, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Guys, he didn't get fired. He just joined the fourth newsroom.
Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
An enormous loss for culture in our region
If it clarifies what was lost this week:
Philip Kennicott and Monica Hesse remain as arts critics at The Washington Post
Eliminated:
art critic
arts editor
arts/film editor
classical critic
pop critic
television critic
theater critic
all editors/reporters in Book World including two book critics
Philip Kennicott and Monica Hesse remain as arts critics at The Washington Post
Eliminated:
art critic
arts editor
arts/film editor
classical critic
pop critic
television critic
theater critic
all editors/reporters in Book World including two book critics
February 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
An enormous loss for culture in our region
“this is still the equivalent of someone with a net worth of $500,000 finding themselves with a $240 credit-card charge”
In this week’s newsletter, I visualized The Post’s losses, Bezos’s net worth — and how much that net worth has increased each day since he bought the paper.
(That and a lot more, all for free!)
(That and a lot more, all for free!)
Let's consider some disasters.
It has been quite a week in quite a month in quite a year in quite a decade, has it not? A lot of things have gone sideways, often driven into ditches by distracted drivers. Happily for us, some inter...
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February 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“this is still the equivalent of someone with a net worth of $500,000 finding themselves with a $240 credit-card charge”
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
My first paycheck came from The Post 26 years ago when I called in scores for the high school basketball team which I managed. $2 per game.
When I got hired to work there for real in 2016, I proudly checked a box that I was already in the payroll system.
The Post is so much of who we are here.
When I got hired to work there for real in 2016, I proudly checked a box that I was already in the payroll system.
The Post is so much of who we are here.
February 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
My first paycheck came from The Post 26 years ago when I called in scores for the high school basketball team which I managed. $2 per game.
When I got hired to work there for real in 2016, I proudly checked a box that I was already in the payroll system.
The Post is so much of who we are here.
When I got hired to work there for real in 2016, I proudly checked a box that I was already in the payroll system.
The Post is so much of who we are here.
"Eugene Meyer’s seven principles still hang in the newsroom, I am told, but now they are more reproach than reminder.
I hope that The Post’s current leaders stop by the display sometime, squint their eyes and take another look." - Carlos Lozada
I hope that The Post’s current leaders stop by the display sometime, squint their eyes and take another look." - Carlos Lozada
Opinion | An Elegy for My Washington Post
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Eugene Meyer’s seven principles still hang in the newsroom, I am told, but now they are more reproach than reminder.
I hope that The Post’s current leaders stop by the display sometime, squint their eyes and take another look." - Carlos Lozada
I hope that The Post’s current leaders stop by the display sometime, squint their eyes and take another look." - Carlos Lozada
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Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying
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MS NOW’s push into video podcasts is accelerating, with the progressive network now in advanced discussions to license popular digital shows for air from Crooked Media and others, Status has learned.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying
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ICE’s ratings are even worse after Pretti’s shooting
ICE gets even worse ratings in polling after Pretti's fatal shooting; majority calling for Noem's removal
Nearly half know someone living in fear because of Trump deportation policies.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
ICE’s ratings are even worse after Pretti’s shooting
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the "personal life" section in Lindsey Vonn's wikipedia page really takes a turn (complimentary)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...
![In 2005, as the winner of the downhill at Val d'Isère, Vonn was offered a pregnant Tarine cow, a locally popular dairy breed. As most skiers do not want to keep livestock, she was offered the option to sell the animal immediately back to the organizers for EUR 5,000. However, Vonn decided to keep it, as she knew a farmer in Austria who would be willing to take care of the cow, whom she named "Olympe".[119] In 2009, she won a goat, which she gave to a different farmer in Austria.[119] In 2014, she won a calf in Val d'Isère, which she kept as well.[60] As of 2014, she owned a small herd of cows on the farm.[119]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:prpvntklgieefdnv234z5gae/bafkreiaqzk47ycpp5j53a22s25objk3q2rd2lpz6cxnhsw7tkngl63ryqi@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
the "personal life" section in Lindsey Vonn's wikipedia page really takes a turn (complimentary)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...
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Most Americans continue to hold negative views of the U.S. economy, as has been the case for the last six years.
At the top of Americans’ economic concerns? The costs of health care and housing, as well as the price of food and consumer goods. www.pewresearch.org/...
At the top of Americans’ economic concerns? The costs of health care and housing, as well as the price of food and consumer goods. www.pewresearch.org/...
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Most Americans continue to hold negative views of the U.S. economy, as has been the case for the last six years.
At the top of Americans’ economic concerns? The costs of health care and housing, as well as the price of food and consumer goods. www.pewresearch.org/...
At the top of Americans’ economic concerns? The costs of health care and housing, as well as the price of food and consumer goods. www.pewresearch.org/...
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Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:
Oh no. This was so useful!!!
Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Oh no. This was so useful!!!
Posties: Please send me your resumes. DM me for my email if you don't already have it.
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Posties: Please send me your resumes. DM me for my email if you don't already have it.
They laid off Marty Weil who’d worked at the post for 60 years. We all loved him and sent him a huge box of letters to celebrate his anniversary.
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
They laid off Marty Weil who’d worked at the post for 60 years. We all loved him and sent him a huge box of letters to celebrate his anniversary.
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the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
The plus for today is that I finally learned how to spell devastated
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The plus for today is that I finally learned how to spell devastated
ICE’s ratings are even worse after Pretti’s shooting
ICE gets even worse ratings in polling after Pretti's fatal shooting; majority calling for Noem's removal
Nearly half know someone living in fear because of Trump deportation policies.
abcnews.go.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
ICE’s ratings are even worse after Pretti’s shooting
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INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Please contribute to this GoFundMe to support the hundreds of my talented Washington Post colleagues laid off today.
I am heartbroken. I stand with them in their fight for fair treatment through the layoffs. I am honored to have worked alongside them.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
I am heartbroken. I stand with them in their fight for fair treatment through the layoffs. I am honored to have worked alongside them.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Please contribute to this GoFundMe to support the hundreds of my talented Washington Post colleagues laid off today.
I am heartbroken. I stand with them in their fight for fair treatment through the layoffs. I am honored to have worked alongside them.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
I am heartbroken. I stand with them in their fight for fair treatment through the layoffs. I am honored to have worked alongside them.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
This sucks. It took me about three weeks for my husband and me to slowly move my stuff home after my almost-10 year stint at the Post. (I have a lot of bobbleheads.)
Friends at the Post say they have been asked to sign up for two hour times slots to come pick up their things after getting news of their jobs being gone
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
This sucks. It took me about three weeks for my husband and me to slowly move my stuff home after my almost-10 year stint at the Post. (I have a lot of bobbleheads.)