Los Angeles Times Editor Talks About Newsroom Cuts with His Predecessor
Nieman Journalism Lab, March 11, 2009
By Zachary M. Seward
Jim O’Shea was fired as editor of the Los Angeles Times for resisting staff cuts. His successor, Russ Stanton, has trimmed nearly 300 positions from the newsroom as Tribune Co. attempts to crawl out from under its crushing load of debt. They spoke about the wisdom of those layoffs and the newspaper's financial state. (Video 4:34 - script incl.)
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