WaPo Closing LA, NYC and Chicago Bureaus

In a message from Marcus Brauchli to WaPo staff this afternoon, it was announced that the paper is closing their offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Three news aides will be let go but the reporters in those cities have been offered positions in Washington.

Memo obtained by FishbowlDC below:

From: Pam Kendrick
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:54 PM
To: NEWS – All Newsroom
Subject: A Message from Marcus


To the Staff:

Today we have informed our news colleagues in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles that we are closing the offices in those cities, effective Dec.

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