rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/gannett-new-jersey?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-gannett-new-jersey' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> TNG-CWA Addressing News Deserts National Campaign https://actionnetwork.org/groups/addressing-news-deserts-national-campaign https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Your fellow CWA members, Union journalists at Gannett, are fighting to protect local news across New Jersey. Corporate news chain Gannett is slashing and burning America’s local papers – including publications across North and South Jersey – and shrinking vital local coverage, laying off local journalists who report on the information you need to stay safe and connected to your community.   At the time of Gannett’s mega-merger with GateHouse in 2019, the Guild predicted that the news companies’ deal - financed by Wall Street investors - would result in a massive loss of resources and staff. In the last four years, the Guild’s dire predictions have come true as the company slashed half of its staff to service its massive self-incurred debt load of $1.8 billion, robbing newspapers of the resources they need to cover their local communities. All the while, Gannett continues to prioritize its own bottom line, hiring reporters to cover Taylor Swift and Beyoncé and blundering in its use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) over actual journalists – all while hollowing out local news coverage. Enough is enough. Join us in telling Gannett’s CEO Mike Reed, Gannett Chief Content Officer Kristin Roberts and local Executive Editors Dan Sforza and Phil Freedman that it’s time to invest in local papers and bargain in good faith with its journalists and settle fair contracts now. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/gannett-new-jersey