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June 8, 2007
Sentinel to cut 8 newsroom positions
By Matt King
Sentinel staff writer
SANTA CRUZ — The Sentinel will cut its newsroom staff by 21 percent by the end of the month, Editor Tom Honig announced Thursday.
In an afternoon staff meeting, Honig said eight of the paper's 38 full-time newsroom employees — reporters, photographers, editors, copy editors and support staff — will be let go on July 1. In April, 33 workers in the paper's pressroom and mailroom were laid off.
Publisher David B. Regan said the cuts would force changes in the paper's news-gathering operations.
"It was difficult having the press and the mailroom leave, but hitting the newsroom hits us at our core," Regan said. "Originally, I thought [cuts] wouldn't affect the newspaper at all. I still think we can put out a good paper"
After the layoffs, the Sentinel will be devoting more of its resources to the Internet and conducting meetings with the public to find out what kind of coverage readers want in the paper.
"We're going to continue to make the paper smarter and provide people with the information they need in a new era," Honig said. "Times change and old models have to change with it. I wish we could go off into the future with as many, if not more, reporters and photographers"
The Sentinel has undergone several changes since it was put on the market by Ottaway Newspapers Inc. last year. The paper was sold twice in two months and purchased by the California Newspapers Partnership in February.
A subsidiary of MediaNews Group, CNP also owns the San Jose Mercury News and Monterey Herald. Eight people were laid off from the Herald in April, and Tuesday, it was announced that an undetermined number of Mercury News employees will be laid off this summer.
Contact Matt King at [email protected].
June 8, 2007
Sentinel to cut 8 newsroom positions
By Matt King
Sentinel staff writer
SANTA CRUZ — The Sentinel will cut its newsroom staff by 21 percent by the end of the month, Editor Tom Honig announced Thursday.
In an afternoon staff meeting, Honig said eight of the paper's 38 full-time newsroom employees — reporters, photographers, editors, copy editors and support staff — will be let go on July 1. In April, 33 workers in the paper's pressroom and mailroom were laid off.
Publisher David B. Regan said the cuts would force changes in the paper's news-gathering operations.
"It was difficult having the press and the mailroom leave, but hitting the newsroom hits us at our core," Regan said. "Originally, I thought [cuts] wouldn't affect the newspaper at all. I still think we can put out a good paper"
After the layoffs, the Sentinel will be devoting more of its resources to the Internet and conducting meetings with the public to find out what kind of coverage readers want in the paper.
"We're going to continue to make the paper smarter and provide people with the information they need in a new era," Honig said. "Times change and old models have to change with it. I wish we could go off into the future with as many, if not more, reporters and photographers"
The Sentinel has undergone several changes since it was put on the market by Ottaway Newspapers Inc. last year. The paper was sold twice in two months and purchased by the California Newspapers Partnership in February.
A subsidiary of MediaNews Group, CNP also owns the San Jose Mercury News and Monterey Herald. Eight people were laid off from the Herald in April, and Tuesday, it was announced that an undetermined number of Mercury News employees will be laid off this summer.
Contact Matt King at [email protected].
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