The axe falls in South Bend

I don't know of any other cuts in the corporation.

About half of the newsroom cuts were part-timers -- many of whom were basically full-timers.

The design/copy editing staff was cut down so much, that the News side doesn't have enough people to put out multiple editions anymore.

A couple of News reporters and a photog were also let go. And there were a few more as yet unnamed.

 

Yeah, that really saved a lot of jobs.

 

So what does the newsroom do if it has to produce more than one edition?

What does the sports department do in covering preps when there's no one left to cover preps?

Does this paper exist solely with one local edition filled with nothing but Notre Dame news? How long does that last? A year? Two?

 

A lot of papers have gone to one zone/one edition. Not saying that's good, but it's common.

 

Yup ... the old "cut off an arm to save the body" argument.

Unfortunately, one-armed people tend to be worse off in the long run ...

Good luck to all who are affected by these layoffs in South Bend.

 

Those Bastards!!!

 

They've been bleeding for five years. South Bend is the home base. While the news product suffers, there's been time to release glossy "Racing Towards Diversity" magazine ... NASCAR was supposed to be the big advertiser but then 2008 happened.

My favorite content in the chain is from Bloomington, where the basketball recruiting coverage while no Frank Burlison when he was doing it in Long Beach, maybe second only to Jody Demling in Louisville in terms of a paper being able to compete with the 'fan sites.'