The Detroit Free Press completed another round of layoffs on Tuesday, says Richard Prince, who covers minority journalists in a column hosted by the Maynard Institute. Columnist Desiree Cooper and editorial writer Nichole Christian, both black journalists, "were among the casualties,'' he says."By one count, the Free Press eliminated 22 people in its newsroom, 18 of them journalists. Fifteen of them are women, six African American, two Hispanic and two are Asian American."
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I thought you didn't post this because you saw it wasn't Gannett, it was the JOA, which laid off ~100. Search Google News.
ReplyDeleteAre we seriously going to play the race card here?
ReplyDeleteEveryone is suffering. Give it a rest.
Thank the unions for the minority hit. Seniority will always kill any gains made by people of color.
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