Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom will be less diverse after layoffs

NABJ via Poynter ^ | January 4, 2007 | NABJ

[freedomdefender]

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NABJ president Bryan Monroe tells Philadelphia Inquirer publisher Brian Tierney: "Of the 71 names on your latest layoff list, we understand that as many as 14-16 of the journalists targeted are African-American, or as much as 22.5% of the layoffs. That percentage is nearly double the proportion of blacks in the newsroom at the Inquirer, which was 11.3% in 2006."

[rlmorel]

Everything is viewed through a racial, gender or sexual prism by these people. Everything.

[Lancey Howard]

Har! The racist Democrats see EVERYTHING through a racial prism.

[Lancey Howard]

Wow. I should have read the posts before I replied.
I basically said exactly what you said.

[rlmorel]

As you obviously know...the TRUTH is not seen by all.

Many of us can see it as plain as day, though.

[MikeHu]

All the newspapers are suffering from brain drain.

Now all those with no discernible talent who want to be rich and famous, go directly to "American Idol," instead of wasting years as an editorial assistant.

[2banana]

Wonder if gets upsets about the racial diversity of players of the NBA...

[Kenton]

More than likely just winnowing out the deadwood, that's what most companies do during layoff time.

[bilhosty]

Iunderstand that this paper was actally bought by a Republican. I wonder if this is the real issue.

[CottShop]

Hewy- here's a novel idea- how about allowing the company to fire those less qualified REGARDLESS of color? Nah- the government has to step in and micro-manage businesses for them- Free enterprise? Don't bet on it http://sacredscoop.com

[holden]

Isn't it 30 months for us, who aren't illegal aliens (i.e., the rest of us), to have to work to qualify for SS bennies? 10 quarters at 3 months per quarter?

HF

[CottShop]

From what I read yesterday it is 40 months- not to say that the article I read was correct- but that's what it said- I actually should know this because I'm on dissability and needed to have worked a certain amount of time- but I can't remember what it was now- too long ago lol

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Does a business owner have the right to hire/fire whom he/she wishes?
Obviously not.

[Give Piece A Chance]

The irony here is that after management and the union representing the newsroom staff agreed on the number to be cut, the union got to pick who was to get canned. The union's prevailing concern was protecting the seniority system and older employees. Thus, the majority of these cuts are younger employees who have been hired during the era of 'diversity' hiring and are disproportionately black. So it's basically the deadwood screwing the quota kids.

I'm sure NABR will be taking the union to task for this! < /sarcasm>

[redpoll]

I've stated somewhere else that I knew people working at the competing paper owned by Gannett. I was told that Gannett didn't advance white men inside their organization. For the few years I was working in the industry in that area, that was what I observed.

[WOSG]

Let me guess --- they had to fire the token conservative.