Say the word “collective” to people of a certain age, and for many it will bring to mind the Soviet Union, Communist China, or “communes,” with either a negative or hippie vibe. So it was jarring for a columnist of a certain age to see an email from Sheraton Hotels asking people to join its...
This week, as a long-predicted collapse seemed to hit digital media, we saw a few of the tried-and-true ways managers use to explain to employees why they’re laying them off. BuzzFeed chose the language of corporation-as-family, with founder Jonah Peretti telling staff that making the decision was "upsetting and disappointing." Verizon went with meaningless corporate-speak....
As the longest-standing government shutdown in United States history comes to a tentative, temporary pause, the nonstop coverage can feel dizzying and sometimes contradictory. On the one hand, outlets emphasize the impact the shutdown has had on many furloughed workers—who are working without a paycheck—which led to protests on January 23 at the Senate Office...
It’s an all-too-familiar story, versions of which played out this week at BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Gannett-owned newsrooms: revenue declines, and so staffers are laid off. The cuts announced January 7 at The Dallas Morning News—43 people in all, nearly half of them from the newsroom—told another tale, one of a major metropolitan newspaper eliminating writers...
Five years ago, I came across an article in The New York Times about a spate of robberies in the Bronx. It was the kind of story that has been a staple in the metro sections of newspapers since there...
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Seventy-two years ago, I worked the paper route on the west side of Montgomery, Alabama, delivering the Alabama Journal to my neighbors, who were mostly African American. One afternoon, in 1946, I met, and would eventually befriend, the son of my...
ICYMI: Verizon Media, HuffPost’s Parent Company, Announces Sweeping Layoffshttps://t.co/sei4Tw1dcm
— Poynter (@Poynter) January 23, 2019
News: @mekosoff and @annabreslaw are leaving Gawker after just two weeks due to concerns about Carson Griffith, the recently hired editorial director. https://t.co/cxZM04j0zR
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) January 23, 2019
Exclusive: Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project https://t.co/D4wgJfKI1f
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) January 22, 2019
After more than three years at the helm as editor-in-chief, Janine Gibson has just told London staff she’s leaving BuzzFeed UK
— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) January 18, 2019
Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a journalist in Ghana who helped expose corruption in African soccer, was shot dead Wednesday by gunmen in an Accra suburb (@matthewchampion / BuzzFeed News)https://t.co/mpUkfI4A6whttps://t.co/yzfzPXFUEi
— Mediagazer (@mediagazer) January 17, 2019