Colleagues call it “a mistake” and “incomprehensible”
Another legacy newsroom has joined the alarming industry-wide trend of mass layoffs.Alexa Ura, saying, “two of the greatest journalists I’ve ever had the privilege of working with. We were all laid off today as @TexasTribune attempts to reverse financial and leadership tailspin.” The layoffs also include Multimedia Producer Justin Dehn, Senior Video and Multimedia Editor Todd Wiseman, Copy Chief Emily Goldstein, and the entire copy desk.
Shah explained, “This year has proven more challenging for us than others – changes in the industry, unsteady economy and the need to explore new platforms and modes of storytelling are all things the Tribune must address head on. We know we must change to stay ahead.” Shah cites the industry-wide challenges of “AI, uneven news readership and engagement, changing audience behaviors and the growing phenomenon of news avoidance,” and says the Tribune is growing their revenue and development teams.
Current and former Tribune journalists took to Twitter to express dismay at the decision: former law and courts reporterof Ura and McCullough, “This was my whole team – the two longest tenured reporters at the Trib and one of the most respected editors in the business. I’m shocked at this choice. This is a mistake.
A freshly laid off Copy Chief Goldstein noted that, “in the less than two years we’ve been keeping track, the copy desk has saved the Trib from publishing more than 600 errors.”avoided folding with a last-ditch GoFundMe set up by the staff.
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