Across the American heartland, McClatchy — one of the nation's largest newspaper publishers — has quietly dismantled more than 90 newsroom positions, erasing entire departments and hollowing out staffs that once held local institutions accountable. The Sacramento Bee's sports team is gone; the Idaho Statesman has lost more than half its people. What unfolds here is not merely a corporate restructuring but a slow withdrawal of the witnesses democracy depends upon — the reporters who sit in school board meetings, attend city council sessions, and translate the machinery of civic life into langua
McClatchy newspapers slash staff in sweeping cuts, eliminating entire sports teams
Over 90 journalists and newsroom staff lost their jobs across McClatchy newspapers, with 30% of unionized workers laid off and entire departments eliminated.