The New York Times is among many mainstream media outlets that are struggling these days, and with layoffs looming, “hundreds” of journos walked off the job today:
I've never seen anything like this : Each floor of the NYT newsroom is full of folks walking out in solidarity against the coming layoffs pic.twitter.com/6AgPDa8hKv
— Jenna Wortham (@jennydeluxe) June 29, 2017
Hundreds of @nytimes journalists walkout today to protest copy desk buyouts. pic.twitter.com/y8A3cjYbHJ
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 29, 2017
New York Times employees walked out of their office on Thursday to protest expected layoffs https://t.co/C02BQlMaGy pic.twitter.com/1znZJRG7KM
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 29, 2017
What could possibly go wrong for those participating?
Well this should make it easier to determine who gets the chopping block.https://t.co/EwBRvj1eeF
— Angela.Kay (@DeepSouthProud) June 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/mconiaris/status/880506948554305537
Why would @nytimes be laying off anyone when they repeatedly claim new subscriptions are at an all-time high? ? https://t.co/CQDeEg9fwm
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 29, 2017
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