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The Washington Post’s official corporate “Our Pulitzers” page says the paper has won Pulitzer Prizes in 16 journalism categories and lists the counts for each. Adding those published category totals together gives 77, not 76: 7 public service + 2 breaking news reporting + 3 investigative reporting + 5 explanatory reporting + 1 local investigative specialized reporting + 9 national reporting + 9 international reporting + 4 feature writing + 10 commentary + 11 criticism + 5 editorial writing + 1 breaking news photography + 4 feature photography + 1 illustrated reporting and commentary + 4 editorial cartooning + 1 audio reporting = 77. The same page also says the most recent Pulitzer was won in 2026.

Multiple reports from the February 2026 layoffs say the figure was not merely “around 300 employees” total. Poynter reported that roughly a third of Post employees were laid off, including more than 300 of the 800-person newsroom. ABC’s wire report likewise said one-third of the staff across all departments was being laid off. Because more than 300 newsroom employees alone were reportedly cut, the total number of employees affected was greater than “around 300.”

The article appears to mix up the intersection (15th and L) with the building’s street address. Contemporary reporting on the sale says the property included 1150 15th St. NW and that The Post would continue renting space there while it searched for a new headquarters. A separate report on the transaction likewise says the three buildings at 15th and L streets made up the newspaper’s home and that The Post would continue to rent its newsroom from the new owners. That contradicts the claim that it leased space at 1150 L Street NW.

Coverage at the time of the layoffs did not say all sports and books coverage would vanish entirely. Semafor reported that Matt Murray said the Post would end sports coverage “in its current form” and retain several sports reporters to cover sports as a “cultural and societal phenomenon.” Poynter likewise described the cuts as eliminating the sports and books desks in their current form. More recent official Washington Post print-edition guidance also shows the paper still running combined Sports and Metro sections during the week and a separate Book World section on Sundays. That makes “closed entirely” inaccurate.