Editorial Shrinkage at the Jersey Journal Postponed for Now
By Jon Whiten • Mar 12th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News
We reported last week that the ailing paper’s editorial union had been asked by management to come to a meeting this Tuesday with a list of employees ready to take the paper’s buyout offer. Newspaper Guild Local 42 president Ron Leir told us last week that they already had four staffers lined up, ready to walk away from the gritty tabloid for good. (Management was asking for between four and six of the 13 Guild employees to take the buyout.)
Reached this afternoon, Leir tells JCI that the union finally received details of the buyout plan in writing and is currently reviewing the proposal with an attorney, buying a little more time for its employees. He says the two sides have another meeting scheduled for next Tuesday.
As of tomorrow, March 13, the Journal will be faced with the daunting prospect of entering what could be the final month of publication in its storied 142-year history.
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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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