Just say no

I suggest no one help Gannett.

To explain the significance of killing the News Room to those who've never worked in journalism: A newspaper's News Room is usually organized into different areas of expertise such as metro, lifestyle, labor or sports. Gannett-owned papers have broken with this tradition by re-shuffling employees into one of six desks: digital, public service, community conversation, local, custom content, data, and multimedia.

These fancy names represent a shift away from investigation and reporting - and refocus newspapers on distributing content across multiple platforms beyond print; such as video and the internet.

Its your choice and I know you'd love to see your name in print, but please don't help them fuck the real reporters.

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