Romenesko Memos
It’s a comprehensive examination of the newsgathering priorities for Bay Area News Group — East Bay. (That includes the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune and other papers.)
Executive editor Kevin Keane tells his staff: “With the reduction in force, we would be foolish to continue with business as usual. To sit still and not re-examine our newsroom operations in the wake of the staff reductions would guarantee that we would not only be a different news operation, but that we’d be a worse one.”
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