News 12 axes scores of journos from Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester and Connecticut newsrooms: ‘Dire’
An earthquake hit local broadcast journalists across the New York metropolitan area this week as News 12 carried out sweeping layoffs that gutted newsrooms, eliminated dozens of jobs and sharply scaled back hyperlocal coverage, The Post has learned. One employee who was laid off this week described a restructuring that effectively dismantles News 12’s standalone operations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester and Connecticut, replacing separate local newscasts with a single regional broadcast featuring only brief local segments.
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An earthquake hit local broadcast journalists across the New York metropolitan area this week as News 12 carried out sweeping layoffs that gutted newsrooms, eliminated dozens of jobs and sharply scaled back hyperlocal coverage, The Post has learned. One employee who was laid off this week described a restructuring that effectively dismantles News 12’s standalone operations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester and Connecticut, replacing separate local newscasts with a single regional broadcast featuring only brief local segments. Long Island and New Jersey will continue producing separate broadcasts because they attract stronger ratings, according to the employee. The layoffs — which impacted at least three dozen people, including veteran journalists who amassed decades of service time at the company — were first reported by the industry blog FTVLive.
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- An earthquake hit local broadcast journalists across the New York metropolitan area this week as News 12 carried out sweeping layoffs that gutted newsrooms, eliminated dozens of jobs and sharply scaled back hyperlocal coverage, The Post has learned. One employee who was laid off this week described a restructuring that effectively dismantles News 12’s standalone operations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester and Connecticut, replacing separate local newscasts with a single regional broadcast featuring only brief local segments.
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