Everett Herald journalists call for community support in battle against low wages, story quotas
Everett Herald news staff are asking subscribers to support their contract fight as Carpenter Media Group continues to offer low wages and tie meager raises to story quotas. The NewsGuild is calling on Everett Herald subscribers to email Publisher Carrie Radcliff at carrie.radcliff@heraldnet.com and regional Carpenter manager John Carr at john.carr@bendbulletin.com, saying they are willing […]
Publisher of Everett Daily Herald says goodbye, named new CEO of Wick Communications
EVERETT—Senior Vice President & Group Publisher at Carpenter Media Group (formerly Black Press), and publisher of the Everett Daily Herald, Josh O’Connor, has been named CEO of Wick Communications—an Arizona-based family-owned media company that operates community news publications and digital advertising agencies across 10 Western states, from Alaska to Minnesota. O’Connor will join Wick in […]
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, […]
