Journalism layoffs, contract concessions… Yakima is not immune
I suppose there is a lot to be said regarding today’s announcement at the Yakima Herald-Republic… but I am going to defer to a fellow YH-R staffer Pat Muir on the most recent journalism layoff announcement.
“From four to six employees have been or will be laid off from the 38,077-circulation Herald-Republic, depending on whether one or two of them can be transferred within the company, publisher Michael Shepard said Thursday. He would not say which departments of the paper are losing employees. Only one, a copy editor, is from the paper’s newsroom.”
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I am pretty tired tonight with all the stress from this week and saying goodbye to a coworker and friend.