December 9, 2024 11:51 am

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After layoffs, low pay, and unrealistic story quotas, Everett Herald reporters are striking back

EVERETT—Reporters working for The Everett Daily Herald, the oldest still-functioning Snohomish County-based newspaper, have hit their limit after new management slashed half of its newsroom last summer while continuing to pay less than a livable wage and expecting unrealistic story quotas from its staff.  Now the Everett NewsGuild, a unionized group of Everett Herald Reporters, […]

After layoffs, Everett Herald newsroom threatens walk-out over pulled article

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EVERETT—Editors of The Everett Daily Herald, one of Snohomish County’s longest standing publications, threatened to walkout on Thursday over the removal of the paper’s reporting on its own layoffs. The article concerned 12 newsroom employees, 10 of whom were unionized, who were given pink slips on Wednesday, June 19. According to news editor Caleb Hutton, […]

Black Press Media, parent company of Everett Herald, files bankruptcy

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EVERETT—Black Press Media, the parent company of the Everett Herald, has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on January 16, 2024, owing some $101.2 million to creditors according to court documents. Filed in British Columbia court a day earlier on January 15, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), gives financially troubled corporations in […]

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