The Washington Post is planning a major overhaul of the outlet's newsroom as part of a new direction the company is headed under billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

Executive Editor Matt Murray wrote to staff on Monday in a memo that the Post will split into two main desks: the first focusing on politics and government and another known as the "national desk."

The politics and government desk "will encompass most of our reporters and editors covering the political scene and the government, which remain a central pillar for The Post," Murray wrote, while the national desk "incorporates the America team, the education team, and the........

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