DFM latest to drop the axe

[MTM]

Three cut from the Southern California News Group (OCR, LADN, Riverside, etc.) on Friday. One was a veteran whose title was Digital Director for Sports and NFL editor. Jim McCurdie revealed this himself on Facebook.

Allegedly, Sports absorbed the only layoffs of the newsroom staff, and those come after the entire Sports department had been furloughed for two weeks in April, two in May and two in June. The others laid off were ?????? from the copy desk and ???????, a promising young writer who was covering UCLA. Neither has revealed their status so their names won't appear here.

Maggie Vanoni, the UCLA reporter, tweeted about her layoff.

 

[Matt Stephens]

Don't know Maggie at all, but heard a lot of great things about her from a handful of folks over the weekend.

 

[Fredrick]

Are we entering a new quarter? Will we see big-time cuts at all major news outlet chains?

 

[Readallover]

Philly cluster is about to get whacked, yet again.

 

[Mr. X]

Are we entering a new quarter? Will we see big-time cuts at all major news outlet chains?

New quarter begins July 1.

 

[HanSenSE]

Three newsroom layoffs, one retirement last week in the Bay Area News Group, per Reliable Sources newsletter. Retirement was long-time East Bay sports writer Gary Peterson.

 

[Readallover]

The Trentonian has a no-layoffs clause good for one year in its March 2020 contract. It's sports dept will feed all Philly cluster papers as those papers get whacked.

 

[Fredrick]

New quarter begins July 1.

What will happen when the new quarter begins? Layoffs galore or ?

 

[MileHigh]

Ask the suits.

 

[Matt Stephens]

 

[Readallover]

It undermines us when the fired editorial writer for The Trentonian continues to write a weekly column for no pay for five years

 

[MTM]

It undermines us when the fired editorial writer for The Trentonian continues to write a weekly column for no pay.

I was at a DFM where some people who were laid off immediately began freelancing. I understood their need to make some money, but felt it diminished the value of what we did as staffers if they were willing to do basically the same job for less money and no benefits.