Did that headline make you blink? It isn’t a spoof. The New York-based Newsday has announced that it has openings for 34 reporters over the coming six months.
The move was revealed to staff yesterday by the paper’s editor-in-chief, Debby Krenek, in a memo that began with an exclamation: “Newsday’s newsroom is hiring!”
Krenek’s surprise was evident as she continued: “I’m very excited to announce that we are making this significant investment in people and pages to provide more and stronger coverage for Long Islanders.”
The decision to expand pagination – an extra 2,600 pages of news and opinion are promised annually – comes against a background of bitter contract negotiations that ended in June with staff agreeing to 5%-10% wage cuts.
Newsday was acquired in 2008 for $650m (£415m) by Cablevision Systems Corp, a company led by Charles Dolan. It has aggressively cut costs at the paper ever since, so the turn-around is particularly surprising.
Anyway, should you be interested in a job you should send a CV and cuts to maryann.skinner@newsday.com.
Source: Crain’s New York
Originally reported by the Guardian. Read the original article here.
