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Report: Journal News Cuts 47 Staff Members

The cuts reportedly include seven newsroom positions.

The Journal News has parted ways with 47 staff members, according to a report published by the newspaper today.

Cuts include seven newsroom employees, according to the report. The layoffs are part of a reported 700 layoffs within Gannett newspapers nationwide.

The Journal News primarily covers Westchester and Rockland Counties as well as parts of southern Putnum County.

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The newspaper's offices are currently located along Westchester Avenue in Harrison, but the company recently announced plans to sell the building if a is approved by the town. Printing operations on the site were.

The announcement continues a trend of decreased staffing for The Journal News. Two years ago the newspaper laid off 50 of its then 192 newsroom employees, according to an article published by the Poynter Institute.

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Janet Hasson, newly-appointed president and publisher of the Journal News, said in the article that the newspaper will continue to make it a priority to preserve local content important to readers and advertisers.


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