{"id":451189,"date":"2026-02-05T20:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451189\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:59:08","slug":"spencer-carbery-starts-morning-press-conference-thanking-bailey-johnson-after-washington-post-layoffs-end-sports-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451189\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Carbery starts morning press conference thanking Bailey Johnson after Washington Post layoffs end sports section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/file-spencer-carbery-sad-1-katiea.jpg\" class=\"above-the-fold wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spencer Carbery speaks to media\"  decoding=\"async\"  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery began his press conference Thursday morning, taking a moment to thank Bailey Johnson, the Washington Post\u2019s beat writer, who <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2026\/02\/04\/the-washington-post-just-killed-the-sports-section\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was part of Wednesday\u2019s mass layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was among the layoffs at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@washingtonpost<\/a> today. It has been an absolute dream to be a small part of this incredible team. Covering the Caps has been an honor; being a beat writer is an all-consuming thing that I love deeply. I hope I\u2019ll get to continue that in whatever is next<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bailey Johnson (@BaileyAJohnson_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaileyAJohnson_\/status\/2019052437806502092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be remiss not to say something about Bailey not being here today,\u201d Carbery said. \u201cGetting to know her over the last two and a half years, yeah, I\u2019m just thinking about her. And also know wherever her next stop is, whether it\u2019s in the DC area or somewhere else, know she\u2019ll do a fantastic job. She\u2019s an incredible person and really, really good at what she does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pr\/2023\/05\/23\/bailey-johnson-joins-post-washington-capitals-beat-writer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was first hired to cover the Capitals beat on May 23, 2023<\/a>, after previously covering the MLS\u2019s Columbus Crew and the NHL\u2019s Columbus Blue Jackets with The Columbus Dispatch.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Michigan graduate also interned at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she reported on Georgia and Georgia Tech football and assisted with coverage of the NFL, NBA, and WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so lucky to spend my time here covering a coach as kind, generous with his time and sincere as Spencer Carbery,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BaileyAJohnson_\/status\/2019451943383449885\" rel=\"nofollow\">said on X<\/a>. \u201cI learned from him every day, and it was a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her time at the Post, Johnson covered <a class=\"player\" title=\"View Alex Ovechkin&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/alex-ovechkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Ovechkin<\/a>\u2018s goals chase and was at UBS Arena when he broke the NHL goals record. The Post had previously covered the Capitals since the team\u2019s inaugural season in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery began his press conference Thursday morning, taking a moment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-451189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}