Washington Post Goes Local, Closes NY Office

Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli sent a memo to staffers late yesterday announcing that the paper was shutting down national bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year. Three news aides lost their jobs because of the move, although the six reporters in the bureaus have been offered jobs in D.C., our sister blog FishbowlDC reported.

The move highlights the Post‘s desire to concentrate its “limited resources” on coverage of local news that it feels is important to its readers.