New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- After sweeping layoffs at The Washington Post, rival newsrooms are racing to reach out to journalists who lost their jobs, offering potential roles and openings, a sign that even as one major publication sheds staff, others are still on the hunt for talent.

The Jeff Bezos-owned news publication has fired around one-third of its employees, shut down its sports desk, several overseas bureaus, and discontinued its books coverage.

Some of the roughly 300 journalists laid off by the outlet took to social media to criticise the move, with many voicing anger and frustration over the decision to scale back coverage of foreign news.

While the mass job cuts have left many journalists scrambling for new roles, several rival o...