Layoffs/buyouts/staff cuts

Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures that happened during the coronavirus pandemic

We're still updating this list

February 17, 2022

After getting laid off from the same newsroom, this couple took an epic pandemic road trip

Jim and Holly Weber worked at The Daily Memphian and documented their unemployment journey

August 11, 2021

What I’ve learned from covering a year of media layoffs and closures

The pandemic affected most newsrooms, but there’s a lot we don’t know

December 28, 2020

About 500 people are taking buyouts at Gannett

The offer, extended to all of Gannett's 21,000 employees, was first introduced in October

November 12, 2020

This database shows media layoffs caused by the coronavirus

The work from the Tow Center collects months of data

September 9, 2020

Honolulu Star-Advertiser will lose 12 to voluntary layoffs instead of expected 29

An agreement with the guild also includes six weeks of furloughs

June 30, 2020

Furloughs will end for reporters and visual journalists from USA Today and local Gannett sites

Other news employees will continue to be furloughed and have pay cuts

June 19, 2020

The pandemic led to newsroom furloughs. Then protests started. Are reporters coming back?

We asked. Some answered. Here’s what we found out.

June 3, 2020

Massive layoffs with a side of union-busting — how Advance dismantled its print staff in Cleveland

Recent rounds of layoffs cast light on the problematic high-traffic digital strategy Advance Local has been pursuing for more than a decade.

April 30, 2020

Here’s what we know so far about the layoffs at Gannett

We still don't have numbers, but we're starting to add names

April 29, 2020

After coronavirus furloughs, Gannett newspapers lay off journalists around the country

Gannett merged with GateHouse in late 2019 to become the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. with 261 newspapers in 46 states

April 24, 2020

Philadelphia Inquirer offers voluntary buyouts in sales, newsroom

In the newsroom, the buyout offers aren’t tied to potential layoffs

April 24, 2020

This project is paying out-of-work journalists to keep covering Oklahoma

‘We need journalists more than ever to tell the story about this pandemic.’

April 22, 2020

Layoffs hit Alden newspapers in Denver, Boston and beyond

Newspapers in the chain formerly known as Digital First Media joined others around the country…

April 6, 2020

Lee Enterprises announces pay cuts and furloughs

The company joins other media orgs hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic

March 31, 2020

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