Notable editorial departures include business editor Jerry Underwood, photography director Walt Stricklin, 31-year veteran reporter Chuck Dean and Washington correspondent Mary Orndorff. List of Birmingham News editorial staff departures (Several had already left prior to today’s layoffs.) Most of the photographers and copy editors have been let go. Neither Advance nor managers at the Alabama newspapers have released specific information about cuts by city or department.Ī source at the Birmingham News who asked to remain anonymous said that about 107 would be fired today at the company, and of them about 61 were newsroom employees (55 percent of the 110 staff members listed online).
The new New Orleans company Nola Media Group plans on hiring for 83 positions, including 40 in news. The Gambit, a weekly alternative paper there, reported via Twitter that most of the marketing department was fired, as well as all of the special section, library and human resources departments. A report in the Times-Picayune says that is an overall staff reduction of 32 percent, with 84 of the 173 newsroom employees (49 percent) fired today. All four newspapers will cut back to publication on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the fall, while ramping up content on recently redesigned news sites al.com and .Īdvance is cutting some 400 jobs at its Alabama operations, and another 201 in New Orleans. Similar meetings took place at the Huntsville Times, the (Mobile) Press-Register and the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. Said one employee who will be staying, “I’d rather be waterboarded than go into that office on a daily basis.”Īs previously reported, managers held one-on-one meetings all day long to notify staffers whether they would be terminated with severance packages, asked to stay on or asked to apply for new jobs at the company. The Birmingham News fired more than 100 employees today, including more than 60 in the newsroom, as part of owner Advance’s new strategy. Advance cuts 400 jobs statewide, 200 more in New Orleansīirmingham News staff outside of its downtown headquarters
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