Fairfax confirms 25 jobs to go from community papers while The Land loses 16 positions
Fairfax Media has confirmed about 25 full-time equivalent positions across its suburban papers in Sydney and 16 positions at The Land will be made redundant as the publishing company moves ahead with a proposed restructure.
Employees of Fairfax’s Australian Community Media (ACM) titles were briefed yesterday on the final shape of the operating structure after a period of consultation with staff and community members.
Across the suburban papers 25-full time jobs will go, with the publisher reinstating journalist and photographer positions to the proposed structure following community feedback. Provision for senior journalist positions in editorial teams has also been made in an effort to provide local newsroom leadership.
The company says the 25 voluntary redundancies are two less than originally proposed.
Yiew, shire!
This time around, let’s hope fairfax dispense with the ridiculous spin that continuously slashing staff at community and regional papers will enable to them to serve their communities better…
It’s disappointing that while Ms McInerney basks in the limelight commenting media about the job cuts, she hasn’t bothered to contact affected journalists to get their feedback. She also cancelled a phone conference with journalists across the group the day of the original announcement. The union has done very little to help its members during this difficult and uncertain time for those affected.
Remember when the sacking of 40 Fairfax journalists would have caused a great outcry? Now it doesn’t raise a peep.