McClatchy Lays Off 30% Of Unionized Staff

McClatchy has made deep cuts at newspapers it owns nationwide, Associated Press reports. More than 90 union journalists at 17 publications—30% of all workers belonging ti the NewsGuildCWA—have been laid off. The affected publications include news outlets include, The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, The Kansas City Star, The Charlotte Observer and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “We are waist-deep in the quicksand and we are still sinking,” said Carol Marbin Miller, deputy investigations editor of The Miami Herald.

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