Washington Post staffers delivered an impassioned missive to their paper’s owner Jeff Bezos on Wednesday, urging the billionaire to “stand with us” and articulate “a clear vision” for the Post’s future.

In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, 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.