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The New York Daily News announced Monday its intention to eliminate half of its newsroom as part of a broader effort to refocus the newspaper. Members were informed of the cuts in an email sent by the company's Human Resources department. The note also detailed a new direction for the document, putting more emphasis on breaking news, especially stories about crime, civil justice and public accountability. The newspaper will still cover local news and sports, the e-mail said.
Newspaper reporters were called to a 9-hour meeting and were then asked to wait for the e-mail informing them of the cuts and the new management. 19659006] If you hate democracy and think that local governments should operate without control and in the dark, then today is a good day for you.
– Jim Rich (@therealjimrich) July 23, 2018
The email also The employees were advised that Jim Rich, editor, and Kristen Lee, editor, were among those who left their jobs. Rich tweeted early on Monday a worrying warning: "If you hate democracy and think the local government has to run unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you."
Robert York will be the new editor. He was most recently the editor and editor of The Morning Call, a newspaper serving eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey.
York, speaking to Gothamist, a website that writes about New York, said the layoffs had taken him by surprise
"I need to regroup and understand because There was a temporal sequence to that which was not respected with respect to the announcement, "York told Gothamist. Chelsia Rose Marcius, a New York Daily News reporter, mourns "
Various Daily News tweeted that they had been dropped from paper, including Zach Haberman, who had been editor-in-chief of In response, reporter Chelsia Rose Marcius posted a video that appeared to Haberman to be slammed out of the newsroom, a tradition in many newspapers when a colleague leaves.
Haberman told NBC News that he hoped the best for all his colleagues who had "
" C & # 39 is a loss for New York City, for journalism, and on a smaller scale, there are a lot of really good people out there looking for work, "said Mr. Haberman." I'm going to encourage their success in writing. other newsrooms. "[19659004] Of the forty or so people released on Monday, many were from the newspaper's photo department, including veteran Todd Maisel and many journalists. The Daily News recently criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for treating people living in social housing, but the Mayor also had some kind words for the newspaper via Twitter
"It's no secret that I occasionally disagree with the Daily News," De Blasio said in the tweet. "But the greedy decision of Trunk to disembowel the newsroom is bad for the government and a disaster for NYC Trunk is expected to sell the newspaper to someone engaged in local journalism and keep the reporters on pace. "
Bavaria House in South William Street A journalist who asked to remain anonymous said that the layoffs indicated that the newspaper would reduce its coverage of the city instead of reporting mainly on Manhattan.
"What I understand from Trunk's restructuring is that we only care about Manhattan, we do not give an F *** on outer boroughs," said the person.
The Daily News lost some $ 90 million between 2014 and 2016, according to a SEC filing
. ] In what appeared to be a small act of rebellion, the Daily News' main Twitter account started tweeting memes and jokes, one of which was a GIF from a well-known meme – John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction" "Travol confused"
The tweets were removed later
.The media conglomerate Trunk bought The Daily News in September, adding it to a stable of other newspapers and magazines including The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun.
News, formerly the country's largest newspaper, has been among New York's most aggressive publications in its cover of President Donald Trump, with newspaper cover that often clips Trump on recent scandals or missteps.
The paper has received 11 Pulitzer Prizes including one in 2017 in collaboration with the nonprofit survey organization ProPublica for coverage of evictions based on dark laws that have pushed
The layoffs drew the attention of the governor of New York. "I recommend Trunk to reconsider this draconian decision and to remain ready to work with them for this disaster," Cuomo said in the statement. "I understand that big companies often only see profits and dividends, but in New York, we also calculate the loss of a major institution, the loss of jobs and the impact on them. affected families. "
operating in a difficult economic reality, with publications across the country suppressing jobs. The Pew Research Center on Monday released a report that more than a third of US newspapers have experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018.
The email received by the Daily News staff indicates that those who are Licensees will be notified Monday as they "The decisions announced today reflect the realities of our business and the need to adapt [to] an ever-changing media environment," the e-mail said. "They are not a reflection on the significant talent that is going on today, that there is no doubt: these colleagues are much appreciated and we will miss them."
These words did not seem to resonate with Rich, the former editor. -Chief, who changed his bio Twitter to, "Just a guy sitting at home watching journalism being strangled in extinction."
