Archive for April, 2010
More Media Consolidation is Bad News for Journalism, TNG-CWA Tells FCC
Advocating for media diversity, good jobs and the survival of quality journalism, TNG-CWA President Bernie Lunzer cautioned the FCC this week against lifting what’s left of the ban on cross-ownership of a community’s newspapers and broadcast media. Merging newsrooms and sharing content among once-independent papers, radio and TV stations and now Internet sites does not [...]
How to support striking Teamsters
Does the number 174 ring a bell? For those who went on strike at the Times and PI 10 years ago, it should: That’s the local number of truck drivers who went out in support of our strike. It’s also the local number of those who are now on strike against Waste Management in Seattle. [...]
Congratulations to The Seattle Times!
The talented and hard-working staff of The Seattle Times just won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for its coverage of the shooting of four Lakewood police officers. See the story here.
Pardon our dust
The Pacific Northwest Guild’s website is going through an overhaul. Thanks for your patience as we spruce things up around here.
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