Phoenix New Times
This is the week of the 23rd annual Walter Cronkite luncheon in Phoenix, with
Tom Brokaw picking up the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. "It's arguably the biggest journalism event of the year here in Arizona," says Phoenix New Times. "Couldn't the Cap’n Crunches at Gannett wait a week or two? Apparently, not." The paper let 31 people go.
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Post-Standard in Syracuse offers buyouts to staffers 50 and older (P-S)
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Bangor Daily News lays off its sole State House reporter, 10 others (PP)
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Fulwood: Almost daily, once-valued colleagues walk out the door (PD)