PNG Worcester

The Gannett walkout — expected to be the largest in the newspaper chain’s history — will be the just latest labor protest of this kind to hit American newsrooms in recent months. washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/…

Today Gannett announced even more cuts (buyouts, unpaid leaves, 401k match cuts). Meanwhile execs continue to blow money on their own pay, anti-journalist lawyers, stock buybacks and debt. The best way to fight back is to build your union.

Gorgeous Award from @FiveFreedoms has arrived in our newsroom today @telegramdotcom @BPetrishenTG Freedom of information is also quite beautiful 🇺🇸 🌟It’s the Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award

St. Vincent Hospital nurses 'overwhelmingly' approve contract, officially ending strike telegram.com/story/news/202… @MoultonCyrus @MassNurses @SaintVincentMA

BREAKING: St. Vincent Hospital, nurses reach tentative agreement to end strike telegram.com/story/news/202… @marco_cartolano @MassNurses @SaintVincentMA

#SaveLocalNews. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a tax credit in the Build Back Better bill would save thousands of journalism jobs and protect local news sources that Americans depend on. @RepMcGovern @ewarren @SenMarkey

Gannett said it does not have plans right now to do more outsourcing later in 2021 but did not close the door on that option. poynter.org/locally/2020/g…

Today is a sad day in The Hartford Courant’s history. We were just told @tribpub will close our Broad Street office, with no plan to find us a new one. We are indefinitely without an office.

I started at @jaxdotcom ~8 years ago. I love reporting on my hometown. The Gannett model doesn't work, but a new one might. Dec. 1 is my last day. I'm trying something new, a nonprofit collaborative. Sign up to be the first to learn how to support it: thetributary.substack.com

Big stories and essential reporting don’t protect the Florida Times-Union from a fresh round of staff cuts. firstcoastnews.com/article/news/l…

Gannett, which owns USA Today and more than 250 daily newsrooms, is the country’s largest newspaper owner. It employs about 21,000 people, 5,000 of them journalists. poynter.org/business-work/…

News from me and @RickEdmonds: About 500 people are taking buyouts at Gannett poynter.org/business-work/… That includes about 60 editors, 19 photojournalists, 7 managing editors, 3 executive editors and 124 reporters

About 500 people are taking buyouts at Gannett poynter.org/business-work/…

Thank you to the NewsGuild members and other journalists who will be working well into the night – and perhaps much longer – to tell the story of the most consequential election of our lifetime. They will be defending our democracy in cities and towns across America.

New at Media Nation: The king of "pink slime" journalism is back, this time boosting Republicans. Great deep dive by the @nytimes. dankennedy.net/2020/10/19/the…

"... the operation is rooted in deception ... " nytimes.com/2020/10/18/tec…

“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” We just want a fair contract It has been 19 months We’ve sacrificed for this company We just want to be treated fairly So we’ll fight, fight, fight for our contract We know it’s what we deserve We just want our jobs protected While we do our work