About newsroom staffing cuts at the Dallas Morning News.
Because somebody needs to do it.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Was there a 'firing school' this morning?
One comment from yesterday said there was to be a manager-only meeting today that would lay out the script for the process. Can anyone confirm that it happened?
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Here is what we lost in September '11:
Copy Editor I -- 3 Copy Editor II --5 Copy Editor III -- 5 Deputy Assistant Editor -- 5 Assistant News Editor -- 1 Office manager -- 1 Senior Editor -- 1 Design Editor -- 1 Photo Tech -- 1 Presentation Editor-- 1 Content Coordinator -- 2 Layout Editor -- 1 Bureau Chief -- 1 Special Writer -- 1 Reporter I -- 4 Reporter III -- 1 Reporter III-Business -- 1 Critic -- 1 Photographer III -- 2
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I saw a few HR big wigs getting into the elevator and heading to the 4th floor this morning.
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