New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists and staff, amounting to nearly one-third of its newsroom, triggering a deluge of grief-filled reactions from correspondents reporting from war zones and key regions including the Middle East, New Delhi, China, Iran and West Asia. Beyond the layoffs, the sports and books desks were dismantled, foreign coverage was reduced significantly, and the newspaper discontinued its daily "Post Reports" podcast.

'A dark day' for global journalism

In what many current and former employees have described as a "dark day," the organisation appears to have dismantled its entire international reporting structure - a move they say affects not only the...