Young journalists of color ‘disproportionately affected’, with many Black, Asian American and Latino staffers laid off, Times guild says
  • Jake FarmEnglish
    56•5 months ago

    Sounds like union busting.

  • externelly
    52•5 months ago

    A reminder to support your local news and investigative journalism

      • externelly
        4•5 months ago

        I never lived in LA and I have an LA Times subscriptions. As far as I can tell, it is still provides quality journalism, despite some questionable decision making. I keep supporting it primarily because I feel like if it goes under then it will leave a big news void on the west coast. I try to support local media in addition to some of the big brands

        • @sin_free_for_00_days
          5•5 months ago

          It’s just getting smaller and smaller, and the stories are less and less deeply researched. I still get it, but a lot of days I feel like a modern day Don Quixote.

  • RHOPKINS13
    27•5 months ago

    HR was glad to use the protests as an excuse for the firing. They needed a good sounding reason since all of these writers were going to be replaced by AI anyway.

    • @nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      16•5 months ago

      It sounds like union busting, which is a terrible reason for everyone but their investors—who can’t see past this quarter’s profits.

  • @heavy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    22•5 months ago

    Here we go again: Piece of shit Billionaire decides to fire 115 people because having access to billions of dollars just isn’t enough.