Today management has decided to reduce the Star Tribune newsroom by up to 35 members. This occurred despite painful sacrifices made by Guild members totaling more than $10 million in two concessionary agreements over the past 18 months. The Guild requested and was denied a formal role in the reorganization that resulted in the announced reduction. We are deeply concerned about the impending loss of our colleagues and the impact their departure will have on our newspaper, website and this 142-year-old institution.
As always, Guild leaders are available to answer questions.
Janet Moore/David Chanen
Co-chairs Star Tribune Guild
Vice-chairs
Jackie Crosby
Myron Medcalf
Kathe Connair
Graydon Royce
Pam Miller
Janet Moore Save the Strib
The New York Times has parted ways with several freelancers recently for accepting paid trips by sources and other transgressions. Why is saving more money more important than preserving a paper’s reputation?
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Jackie Crosby Save the Strib
A Note from Guild member Janet Moore:
Recently, the Twin Cities Newspaper Guild and the Minnesota Journalism Center of the University of Minnesota sponsored a day-long conference called New Economic Models for News.
The conference featured speakers from all over the country discussing new ownership and revenue models for newspapers, as well as the industry’s changing regulatory environment.
David Shribman, editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, gave a rather inspiring speech at lunch about Why We Still Matter. Brian Leehan and I took notes from the conference:
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Jenna Ross Meetings, Save the Strib
To see more photos, including those Jackie Crosby took with her “old-fashioned” camera, visit our Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photos/savethestrib.
Thanks to everyone who helped us create hundreds of hats for the Twins opener! They were a hit.
Jenna Ross Save the Strib
Attention all of you who have Facebook friends and/or Twitter followers:
We are rolling out the new SaveTheStrib.com today. We can get a ton of free publicity for it through a simple act of concerted social-networking.
At precisely 12:30 p.m., everyone who has a Facebook and/or Twitter profile, display this status (in the box labeled “What’s on your mind?” or “What are you doing?”):
Check out the new website for people interested in the future of the Star Tribune. See stories, videos, links, updates and more. And it’s interactive, so add your own thoughts about the Strib’s future.
Or whatever you want. And then simply copy or type in the link to www.SaveTheStrib.com and hit “SHARE.”
(Twitter folks will need a shorter version. May we suggest using the first line, then the link.)
Remember to do this right at 12:30 p.m. today.
And check out our many sites: website, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
Jenna Ross Save the Strib
