Monday, July 14, 2008
News AJC staff poised for bad news
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:24 PM
The rumors are flying about this week's anticipated shake-up at the AJC, but little is certain. What we've heard – though, we stress, have not been able to substantiate – is that the newspaper brass are looking to cut about 60 warm bodies from the newsroom and may pursue a program of buyouts.
We understand that at the Palm Beach Post, another Cox paper, 200 staffers were "invited" to apply for buyout packages in an effort to cut 130 positions – about one-third of the newsroom staff.
Last we checked, the AJC employed a newsroom staff of more than 400 reporters, editors, photographers, etc.
Supposedly, Editor Julia Wallace is expected to convene a staff meeting to announce the latest changes Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. We'll be watching.
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You're pretty close! This is all very sad: Some very good people are going to lose their jobs, voluntarily or otherwise. In the AJC's defense, most big papers have made much more draconian cuts than this. Still, it's sad. And there's no doubt -- the paper is going to suffer.
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