The Wall Street Journal has cut between 20 and 40 staff members in recent weeks, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as part of a re-evaluation of its newsroom that came at the end of its financial year.

Some of those laid off were informed at the end of last week, the final days of the newspaper’s fiscal year. According to two people with knowledge of the cuts, the layoffs have not been announced to the newsroom staff, which the company says numbers 1,800.

Dow Jones, the Journal’s parent company, declined to answer specific questions on the layoffs or confirm the details, but provided a statement saying it had been evaluating the newsroom “to target areas for growth and deploy our resources globally.”

As a result, Dow Jones said, “we will be eliminating certain positions.” Those laid off are said to include veteran reporters and editors at the newspaper.