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Houston Chroncile Layoffs
Employees arrive to work at Houston's daily newspaper Wednesday morning, a day after significant layoffs at the Hearst-owned property.
The Houston Chronicle is laying off approximately 12 percent of its employees in an effort to reduce costs amid unprecedented change in the newspaper industry, Chronicle Publisher and President Jack Sweeney announced Tuesday.
“As our newspaper continues to report the condition of the economy, we read about companies in all business categories adjusting their size to match current and projected revenues,” Sweeney wrote to Chronicle employees. “The Houston Chronicle must do the same in spite of your diligent efforts.”
The layoffs include about 90 people in the Chronicle newsroom.
The newsroom will be restructured, but the core mission of providing strong watchdog journalism, aggressive online coverage and reflecting the diversity of the Houston area will remain, Editor Jeff Cohen said.
“One thing will not change: our mission as journalists to inform, educate and entertain the readers of our newspaper and Web site,” Cohen wrote in a memo to the newsroom.
Houston Chroncile Layoffs
Employees arrive to work at Houston's daily newspaper Wednesday morning, a day after significant layoffs at the Hearst-owned property.
The Houston Chronicle is laying off approximately 12 percent of its employees in an effort to reduce costs amid unprecedented change in the newspaper industry, Chronicle Publisher and President Jack Sweeney announced Tuesday.
“As our newspaper continues to report the condition of the economy, we read about companies in all business categories adjusting their size to match current and projected revenues,” Sweeney wrote to Chronicle employees. “The Houston Chronicle must do the same in spite of your diligent efforts.”
The layoffs include about 90 people in the Chronicle newsroom.
The newsroom will be restructured, but the core mission of providing strong watchdog journalism, aggressive online coverage and reflecting the diversity of the Houston area will remain, Editor Jeff Cohen said.
“One thing will not change: our mission as journalists to inform, educate and entertain the readers of our newspaper and Web site,” Cohen wrote in a memo to the newsroom.