Feran writes about his PD ouster

Tom Feran, among those laid off by the PD, wrote the PD article about the layouts before he left the building.

Feran was among 14 Guild newsroom members exiting the PD. He volunteered for it to save a job for another Guild member.

From 2008 to 2017 newspaper newsroom staff was reduced by 45%. Additionally, more than 2,400 media jobs have been eliminated this year.

The BJ, which once had 340 journalists, will be down to 33.

To read the article, click on

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/04/plain-dealer-lays-off-a-third-of-unionized-newsroom-staff.html?fbclid=IwAR2TT1G7mXJpULa3SxCWlakmn5AIwm86sZZoim418LjYO-vqL6-tSzrJfII