Walnut Creek Patch
MediaNews’ Bay Area News Group, which includes the San Jose Mercury News, the Contra Costa Times, The Oakland Tribune and other papers, cut 34 positions on Tuesday. Walnut Creek Patch reports that 10 of the cuts were voluntary; that matches the expectations of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, which said on its website last week that about 25 people would be laid off after “several workers quit or stepped forward for a voluntary layoff” and the company reduced its freelance expenses. || Related: Such cutbacks increase the importance of independent sites like Oakland Local (CJR) ||Â Earlier: Oakland Tribune, other BANG papers to retain mastheads; end Monday home delivery (Poynter.org)
Uncategorized
Bay Area News Group cuts 34 newsroom positions
More News
2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes to be announced at 2 p.m. Eastern
Tune in here to learn the winners and finalists for 10 categories in the 2024 contest
April 23, 2024
Opinion | An unsettling look at Donald Trump’s social media rants
The former president’s social media audience has diminished since 2021, but his posts — mostly on Truth Social — have only gotten more disturbing
April 23, 2024
Shakespeare and the power of wordplay … featuring the pun that launched my career
Four words from Hamlet collide with multiple meanings and offer a stimulant for the brain as strong as the most sophisticated puzzle
April 23, 2024
Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS
Rodgers falsely claimed an antiretroviral drug called azidothymidine, or AZT, to treat HIV was ‘killing people’ in the 1980s
April 23, 2024
Press Foward’s first open call for funding focuses on historic inequalities
It includes $100,000 each in general operating support for more than 100 newsrooms
April 22, 2024
Comments are closed.
Comments