Report of Layoffs at the South Florida Sun Sentinel

BUMP.

The handful of remaining staffers are forming a union. Good for them, I guess. A couple of people I still know there are missing from the list of names. Story says 88% of people joined.

https://newsguild.org/south-florida-sun-sentinel-journalists-announce-formation-of-union/

 

What difference will this make?

 

Don't know, but they felt they had no choice. Layoffs in 2022, 401(k) match removed in 2023, no raises in 14 of the past 17 years.

 

I just can't imagine. One, I delivered the Sun-Sentinel during summer breaks while in college. Two, worked sports agate there in 1980 while I was trying to get a radio gig. At the time, Fort Lauderdale had two really good sports staffs (and were excellent once I left).

Plus, I know the folks at the Miami Herald had a pretty nice view, but walking out of the Sun-Sentinel building and seeing all the yachts docked on the New River was pretty amazing.

 

Best place I ever worked. And the reason I can retire at any time.

Pinnacle was the fall of 1997. One Sunday we had a 12-page regular sports section, a 10-page college football section, and a 12-page World Series section. 180 columns of sports news hole. The equivalent of 30 open pages.
(and a 50-person sports staff)

 

50? Wow!

 

Yeah, I worked in Orlando at that time, @BTExpress. We hated you guys (mostly because we had to wedge your 40-inch game previews into 12-inch holes.)

 

Unfortunately, Tribune was three years into the Times-Mirror merger at that time. Work and product were still outstanding, but stock price never recovered.