As journalists, it’s our job to ask officials the tough questions, to make sense of an increasingly complicated world, to report on what is happening around your community with truth and accuracy — pandemic or not.
These are our communities, too, and we want to continue to provide this service for the good of us all.
But the staffs represented by Palm Beach News Guild, Southwest Florida News Guild and Delaware News Guild need not just the protections but the authority a certified union would provide when dealing with the papers’ corporate owners, Gannett. And every step of the way, Gannett has fought our requests or simply ignored them.
That’s why we’re asking you — our readers, neighbors and supporters of local journalism — to tell Gannett leadership why they must support our voices in the newsroom so we can continue being yours.
Click here to literally send a message to Gannett’s executives. Tell them to protect local news.