After years of “democracy dies in the darkness,” The Washington Post now wants to play host to “riveting storytelling for all of America.” The new mission statement was previewed to some staffers by Post chief strategy officer Suzi Watford in meetings this week,

In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Jeff Bezos, the company’s owner and founder of Amazon, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.

Hundreds of Washington Post staffers sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos imploring him to meet and expressing deep anxiety over decisions at the struggling newspaper.