and we're going to get some help on this story from vivian schiller, executive director of aspen digital of national public radio. vivian, great to have you back on the media show. take us from the start here — when did will lewis come into the washington post? yeah, thanks, it's nice to be here. thanks for having me back, ros. will lewis was brought on as the new ceo of the washington post about six months ago and he did — according to folks on the inside — he did everything during the first six months pretty much exactly right. he spent time getting to know the place, he met folks, he did what journalists love, which is actually read their stories and send them notes about what he liked, so he had built a lot of trust in the institution — an institution that, as it turns out, was really sort of haemorrhaging — haemorrhaging money, and he had a mandate to turn it around. and then, about — a few weeks ago, everything flipped and he took a number of actions that he said were necessary in order to put the washington post on the right footing. but that really, honestly, turned the newsroom