Mike Elk, recently seen on Twitchy calling Clint Eastwood’s “empty chair” skit at the RNC a racist minstrel show, has been laid off from his gig as a labor journalist for In These Times magazine.
Now filing for unemployment benefits, what a whirlwind ending to a week of exciting reporting, revenue model of this industry sucks
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) October 19, 2012
I sorta feel like one of those autoworkers in Roger & Me cheering the last car they made right before they got laid off
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) October 19, 2012
if folks could give some money to the magazine, it could help me get back my job back http://t.co/7IkEIh0w
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) October 19, 2012
FYI folks, I wasn't fired a bunch of folks getting laid off due to grant being lost including a partial layoff for me
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) October 19, 2012
this is the scariest day as a journalist, the day you get laid off, cuz what if I don't get another job again, revenue of industry sucks
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) October 19, 2012
@mama2fluffs basically, we lost a grant, everyone laid off, I am gonna keep like a 1/4 of my salary for less work
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) October 19, 2012
In its mission statement, In These Times describes itself as “a nonprofit and independent newsmagazine committed to political and economic democracy and opposed to the dominance of transnational corporations and the tyranny of marketplace values over human values.” Alumni include David Corn, Ana Marie Cox, Andrew Sullivan and Joan Walsh.
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