Clarification: Number of Jersey Journal Editorial Employees Misstated
By Jon Whiten • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog
Our story last week on the turmoil at Jersey City’s daily paper included this paragraph:
Reporter Ron Leir, the president of the Newspaper Guild’s Local 42, says that when he started as a full-time employee at the Journal in February 1972, there were about 60 editorial department employees. By 2002, that number had shrunk to 36, and today Leir says it is about 13. And at a meeting this week between editorial employees and management, the company expressed its interest in getting four to six additional newsroom staffers to leave voluntarily.
We should have said that there are 13 editorial employees that are part of the Guild — in addition, there are eight editorial positions considered “management” positions.
The story has been amended to reflect the more accurate information.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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