Washington Post opinion editor to exit paper after just one year, staff completely 'blindsided'

A source says Post leadership was "blindsided" by Adam O'Neal's exit after he reshaped the opinion section to champion free markets and liberties.

Adam O’Neal did not give reason for his departure at end of August, in another major shakeup at US publication The Washington Post had realized a state of relative calm in the five months since the paper was turned upside down in February, when nearly half the newsroom was laid off and its unpopular publisher, Will Lew

Adam O’Neal inherited a mandate from the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.”

The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving the broadsheet less than a year after he was hired by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

The editor of The Washington Post’s opinion section said that he would step down on Aug. 31, after leading the section for just over a year during an overhaul directed by owner Jeff Bezos. Opinion Editor Adam O’Neal wrote in a memo to staffers that while “this is not an easy decision, I am leaving…

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The Washington Post's opinion editor is leaving after about a year. Kevin Carter/Getty Images The Washington Post's opinion editor said he's decided to leave after about a year. Adam O'Neal was hired as part of a shake-up pushed by owner Jeff Bezos. O'Neal said under him, the opinion page became "more relevant, access