9/9/2023 0 Comments Albuquerque journal nm![]() ![]() The four retiring reporters, according to the email are: The decision to eliminate the five non-newsroom jobs came this week, Fantl said.įantl wouldn’t speak specifically about the reporters who are leaving or have already left, calling it a “personnel matter.”īut the internal email from Journal Editor Kent Walz and Manager Editor Karen Moses offers some, albeit limited, insight. Of the five non-newsroom positions getting eliminated, three are in circulation and “probably two” are in advertising, according to Fantl.įantl said the three circulation jobs were “no longer needed” because of “new technology” the Journal is using that “optimized the flow” of newspaper delivery routes while duties of the advertising jobs overlapped with other jobs in the department. Regardless, the cutbacks are causing anxiety among employees at the newspaper, according to a source close to the situation. “‘Layoff’ is not a word we’re using,” Moses said. Reached by phone earlier in the day, Journal Managing Editor Karen Moses told NM Political Report that “we are doing some restructuring.” The newspaper will review the other positions before making a decision but will “definitely” put someone into an assistant city editor position, Fantl said.Īn internal newsroom email from late October obtained by NM Political Report suggests only one of the five departed newsroom staffers, editorial writer Sharon Hendrix, will come back “on a consulting basis.” Others “may come back on consultant agreements,” Fantl said. One of those positions, which belonged to staff writer Ollie Reed, is getting eliminated, Fantl confirmed. On top of this, five more reporters recently left the newsroom, and it’s unclear whether their positions will be refilled. The Albuquerque Journal recently eliminated six positions, including one in the newsroom, according to Brian Fantl, the newspaper’s senior vice president and chief operating officer. New Mexico’s biggest daily newspaper is scaling back. ![]()
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