GateHouse May 2019 Layoffs - Public - Maintained by Andrew Pantazi - send tips to andrew.pantazi@gmail.com

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	L	M	N
1	Newsroom	State	Unionized?	Union Jobs Lost	Non-Union Jobs Lost	Total Lost	Notes:	Tweets		Total laid off:	160	5/27/2019

2	Tuscaloosa	AL	N		2	2	Two crimson tide reporters laid off	https://twitter.com/BW_Jones/status/1131671861463527426
3	Stockton	CA	N	0	3	3		https://twitter.com/KristenZambo/status/1131719308495736832
4	Victorville	CA	N	0	2	2	1 sports reporter + another reporter	https://twitter.com/itspaolabaker/status/1131720554380062721	https://twitter.com/DP_MattPeters/status/1131775256136376320
5	Pueblo	CO	Y	2		2	Biz editor + reporter	https://twitter.com/CoreyHutchins/status/1132018433938169856
6	Jacksonville	FL	Y			?	We will be bargaining our layoffs next month as part of bargaining our first contract.
7	Daytona Beach	FL	N		6	6	Six staffers let go, a seventh through attrition - includes: Sports editor, features editor, metro editor, political editor, sports copy editor, opinion editor. Seventh was a photog. who left and wasn't replaced.	https://twitter.com/NikkiInRealLife/status/1131648762156335117
8	Lakeland	FL	Y	3	2	5	Includes 2 AMEs	https://twitter.com/garywhite13/status/1131645210386210819
9	Ocala	FL	N	0	5	5	Assigning editor, photog, opinion editor, photo editor and someone else
10	St Augustine	FL	N		3	3	Incl. Executive Editor	https://twitter.com/wwbrown19/status/1131641827143094272
11	Leesburg	FL	N		2	2	Incl. Executive Editor
12	Gainesville	FL	N	0	1	1	Copy editor + part-time person
13	Fort Walton Beach	FL	N		1	1	copy editor
14	Panama City	FL	N		1	1	Copy editor/designer - three open positions also closed
15	Palm Beach	FL	N	0	0	0	Avoided layoffs bc reporters moved to national desk + 4 openings
16	Sarasota	FL	Y	0	0	0	Avoided layoffs because reporters moved to national desk (though still based in Sarasota newsroom)
17	Athens	GA	N	0	1	1	crime reporter	https://twitter.com/JoeJohnsonABH/status/1137044508137480192
18	Savannah	GA	N	0	1	1	Cartoonist - editor just died and reporter just quit
19	Augusta	GA	N	0	3	3	cartoonist + sports reporter with 40+ years experience + telephone operator	https://darylcagle.com/2019/05/24/gatehouse-guts-our-guys/
20	Geneseo	Ill.	N		3	3	3/4 of the staff of Henry County Republic were laid off and then the fourth resigned
21	Galesburg	Ill.	N			5	Photo editor, sports editor, sports writer, columnist + one other
22	Peoria	Ill.	Y	3		3	Down to 11 people in unit - photog + 2 copy editors
23	Rockford/Freeport	Ill.	Y	?	?	2
24	Canton	Ill.				1	sports editor	https://twitter.com/shelbyburget/status/1131644257817829377
25	Pekin	Ill.				1	Editor
26	Olney	Ill.	N		1	1	sports editor (publisher resigned rather than do the layoff) \| editorial staff is down to 1 person: the editor
27	Newton	Ill.	N		1	1	Newton Press-Mentor/Jasper County News Eagle had one reporter laid off
28	Topeka	KS	N		1	1	managing editor
29	Hutchinson	KS	N			2	Managing editor + videographer (also fired a magazine editor a week earlier)
30	Salina	KS	N	0	2	2	Content manager, social media director
31	Garden City	KS	N		3	3	Managing editor + 2 part time sports people
32	Worcester	Mass.	Y	8	2	10	Newspaper + Magazine \| Includes 3/4 writers at Worcester magazine + photo + 4 clerks + 2 non-Guild	https://twitter.com/bill_shaner/status/1131617398556172289
33	Fall River	Mass.	Y	4		4	Contract has 2-week notice language. \| A copy editor who was shared with Taunton was among those laid off.	https://twitter.com/leeh1530/status/1131777287479812097
34	New Bedford	Mass.	n		3	3	A sports editor, a clerk & a secretary were laid off. 3 other positions will remain unfilled
35	Quincy	Mass.	Y	2		2	copy editor + feature writer
36	Cape Cod	Mass.				2	copy editor, features editor
37	Framingham	Mass.				2	executive assistant + photographer
38	Brockton	Mass.	Y	1		1	copy editor
39	Provincetown	Mass.				1	weekly reporter
40	Hagerstown	Md.	N		3	3	Managing editor laid off + 2 others
41	Hillsdale	MI	N		1	1	Editor
42	Columbia	Mo.	n	0	2	2	Sports editor + photog. Plus 3 vacancies being closed.
43	Independence	Mo.	N		1	1
44	Kirksville	Mo.	N		1	1	Reporter	https://twitter.com/eroberts209/status/1131846405411131392
45	Asheboro	NC	N		2	2	Biz/education reporter and sports reporter
46	Gastonia	NC	N		1	1	Sports editor
47	Hendersonville	NC	N		1	1	Sports writer
48	Shelby	NC	N		1	1	Clerk / was able to apply for business reporter position to fill someone who resigned
49	Portsmouth	NH	N		6	6
50	Utica	NY	Y	2	1	3
51	Middletown	NY	N		3	3	copy editor, community news editor, executive editor
52	Akron	OH	Y	7	2	9	1 copy editor and 1 librarian, 5 sports statisticians, 2 editors
53	Columbus	OH	N		6	6	clerk, librarian, cartoonist, biz reporter, DC correspondent, metro columnist (who will write part-time/freelance)
54	Kent	OH	N		3	3	a local editor, a reporter, a lifetimes writer
55	Canton	OH	Y	3		3	editorial assistant, photographer
56	Massilon	OH	Y	1		1	sports reporter
57	Alliance	OH				1
58	Grove	OK	N		1	1	managing editor of grove sun (bi-weekly) & delaware county journal (weekly). All that's left is a sports writer at DCJ and sports editor in Grove.
59	Eugene	OR	Y	3		3	photog, copy editor, sales asst
60	Langhorne	PA	N		4	4	It was two news assistants and two copy editors
61	Erie	PA	Y	1		1
62	Beaver County	PA	N			1
63	Providence	RI	Y	6		6	(+3 in ads?)
64	Newport	RI				3	Daily News Editor, Newport Life Magazine associate editor, Daily News writer
65	Spartanburg	SC	N		3	3	Copy editor, assignment editor, entertainment reporter
66	Lubbock	TX	N		2	2	Breaking news reporter, advertising salesperson. 11 people total in newsroom, includings sports and editors.
67	Austin	TX	N	0	0	0	Avoided layoffs
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