Cleveland Plain Dealer

Community

Morning Headlines: Akron Leaders Oppose Gun Bill, Plain Dealer lays off 14 journalists

Amanda Rabinowitz

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, April 2:Akron leaders oppose gun bill;ACLU joins lawsuit opposing panhandling ordinance;2 million Ohioans…
Economy

Plain Dealer Announces 12 Additional Newsroom Layoffs

Plain Dealer President and Editor George Rodrigue announced Friday the paper will reduce its newsroom staff by an additional 12 people within two weeks. The PD announced in December it would lay off 24 union members and five managers when a new centralized page production system takes effect in May. In a statement, Rodrigue called both moves a “necessity.”
Community

The Newspaper Scene is Changing Dramatically in Northeast Ohio

The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s parent company announced last week it is moving most of the paper’s functions other than local coverage to locations out of…
Community

Cleveland Plain Dealer Staff Holds Rally for Capital Gazette Shooting Victims

Staff of the Cleveland Plain Dealer held a rally for local journalism Thursday night outside the newspaper’s production facility in Brooklyn. The rally…
Economy

Very Big and Very Small Newspapers May Survive, but What About the Middle?

In the past week the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com announced a buyout offer for employees with 15 or more years of seniority, and the Akron…