The Ithaca Journal in N.Y., which saw six of its total 24 companywide jobs whacked in the recent round of layoffs. I suppose there might be other sites where total staffing got cut more than 25%, but I haven't heard about them.
The paper's staffing now looks like this, according to one of my readers: 8½ jobs in news, five in advertising, 3½ in circulation, and one part-time maintenance worker.
The Journal's weekday circulation is 9,682, and Saturday is 14,014, according to the March 31 AAM report. (Circulation lookup database.)
This is in a county, Tompkins, with a population of 102,000 -- a figure that's grown during each of the decennial censuses since 1920. Ithaca is also a brainy place, home to one of the nation's best private schools, Cornell University.
The paper's staffing now looks like this, according to one of my readers: 8½ jobs in news, five in advertising, 3½ in circulation, and one part-time maintenance worker.
The Journal's weekday circulation is 9,682, and Saturday is 14,014, according to the March 31 AAM report. (Circulation lookup database.)
This is in a county, Tompkins, with a population of 102,000 -- a figure that's grown during each of the decennial censuses since 1920. Ithaca is also a brainy place, home to one of the nation's best private schools, Cornell University.
Seems like a really decent place to live. Too bad it has the staffing levels of a community weekly.
ReplyDeleteOne would think this is a community that would be interested in high-quality local journalism. A pity no one is supplying that. (The college paper, maybe?)
ReplyDeleteI was one of the six people let go. What a joke. It really hurts. I walked in Tuesday and was blindsided. The state of journalism is Ithaca is really laughable, and the college papers are not good, especially the Cornell Daily Sun.
ReplyDeleteThe Ithaca Journal really is terrible. No depth, late with news and often filled with content from Binghamton and Elmira. The paper will likely soon be folded into a regional paper that covers the 3 cities in zoned editions. Sorry to those caught up in this mess. "What a joke." Very true.
ReplyDeleteOnly someone with zero understanding of Gannett's history would screw around with Elmira.
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect, if Gannett doesn't value diversity, proper staffing, local voices and local autonomy, why would they value history?
DeleteMaybe Frank Tripp's wife is still alive? But I really don't think they care anymore.
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ReplyDeleteI just heard from person who works there that the Journal is down to 2 full-time reporters. In addition to cuts above, there must have been more since August. Wow. 2 reporters for Ithaca. Gannett is the worst. One girl was just hired. Photographer and managing editor now write police and fire stories. Once again, say goodbye to three individual papers in CNY Media Group. The change has already happened. And there is blood all over the walls to make it happen. Gannett is disgusting. Small price to pay for $6 billion market cap I guess.
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