Poynter Institute, June 12, 2007
By Rick Edmonds

The announcement of big newsroom staff cuts seems to be falling like acid rain these days. One hundred at the San Francisco Chronicle, including 10 high-level editors. Sixty at the Los Angeles Times. A rumored 60 more on the way at The (San Jose, Calif.) Mercury News, like the Times and Chronicle a paper twice slashed already.

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