Brauchli Wants Things Lean and Mean

WaPo is “reorganizing the structure” of their weekly feature sections. A memo from Executive Editor Marcus “Steamed” Brauchli to staff on Tuesday afternoon reports that they are “simplifying” and “streamlining.” Travel and Food are being “consolidated” into one staff but this will not mean fewer reviews. Books will now be split up — nonfiction writers will report to Outlook and fiction to Style. These changes apparently do not indicate “trimmed” coverage. Just maybe trimmed human beings.