Reporter for Tribune-owned paper says he visits a local food bank he sometimes covers https://t.co/LUS9VAdLdV
— CJR (@CJR) July 8, 2019
A Maryland reporter's tweet says a lot about the salaries of local journalists https://t.co/LUS9VAvm5t pic.twitter.com/efkj372PpJ
— CJR (@CJR) July 8, 2019
Jon Kelvey makes $36,500 a year, which makes him the highest-paid writer in the newsroom. But that also means he must still use the same community food banks that he has often been called on to write about. https://t.co/0ySmKvxBZL
— Tim Morris (@tmorris504) July 8, 2019
The @CCTNews a Trib paper, pays reporter @JonKelvey $36,500 per year, far below the living wage for his county as determined by MIT's l-w calculator. He gets food for his family from a food bank he writes about. @ChesapeakeGuild is fighting back! https://t.co/WU4Ta8vGhQ @tribpub pic.twitter.com/iDcT7RYrqM
— NewsGuild (@news_guild) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism https://t.co/rIvxwpjNk2 via @cjr
— WAKE UP AMERICA (@ClaudineR66) July 8, 2019
Joining a union empowered these journalists to speak out about poor wages and demand better from a company that has so much cash laying around that it just paid a special $56 million dividend to shareholders.
Every newsroom needs a union. DM @news_guild to get started. https://t.co/bxOkPS3Pot
— Brock Vergakis (@BrockVergakis) July 8, 2019
Reporter for Tribune-owned paper says he visits a local food bank he sometimes covers https://t.co/LUS9VAdLdV
— CJR (@CJR) July 8, 2019
He is by no means alone. I've had to make use of the food bank at the last three journalism jobs I've had. I could also do a great doco on motel living… https://t.co/eTY5IqE6VC
— Mark Duggan (@openrangenews) July 8, 2019
I wrote about the @ChesapeakeGuild’s fight for fair wages for @CJR. https://t.co/3jaFc3SSyX
— Lisa Snowden-McCray (@LisaMcCray) July 8, 2019
Thank you Lisa. Same situation at The Capital.
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) July 8, 2019
I made $26,000 in Colorado Springs (market #89) in my first (and last) local TV job.
I often gave plasma to afford groceries and gas.
The pay in local journalism is ABYSMAL and has been for years and this @CJR story is a great look at that.https://t.co/6YWTYQeLYc
— Eugene Daniels (@EugeneDaniels2) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism https://t.co/NWFLIoFhDp via @cjr
— Mary Beth Marsden (@marybmarsden) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism. https://t.co/pMPwgEtamf via @cjr
— Emma Patti Harris (@emmapattiharris) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism https://t.co/X5QKSuSEj4 via @cjr
— Edward Padgett (@edpadgett) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism https://t.co/X8bQSwboXc via @cjr
— Phil Davis (@PDavis_LLC) July 8, 2019
As someone who helped organized the union that @JonKelvey belongs to, lemme tell you, gathering those guild pledge cards and seeing journalists' annual salaries range from unacceptable to borderline criminal was pretty heart breaking.
— Phil Davis (@PDavis_LLC) July 8, 2019
so why pay union dues?
— David D👀nan (@TheeDavidDoonan) July 8, 2019
For… bargaining… reasons?
If you're here to troll, nobody here is dealing with any anti-union rhetoric. Especially if its "sO wHy PaY uNiOn DuEs?"
— Phil Davis (@PDavis_LLC) July 8, 2019
https://t.co/ENz9U3n7wv pic.twitter.com/V4aeNWR3fH
— Tony Ramirez (@hildyjohns) July 8, 2019
"Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local #journalism" https://t.co/7FqwsRApSt via @CJR
— Melissa Wiese (@mbwiese) July 8, 2019
Another example of a sad state of affairs for #journalism via @CJR https://t.co/dLr7TxcU6T
— Brian Donlon (@Brian_Donlon) July 8, 2019
Love to the brave members of @ChesapeakeGuild. When journalists talk openly about their struggles, we build solidarity and create a better industry for everyone. https://t.co/vlSpaeINnq
— Kristina Bui 🦅 (@kbui1) July 8, 2019
Employers like @tribpub rely on feelings of shame and humiliation to keep their workers quiet. On top of that, journalists also often are reluctant to talk about their personal lives because they don't want to make themselves the story.
— Kristina Bui 🦅 (@kbui1) July 8, 2019
But we're all part of a bigger narrative here, and we have to tell it. There shouldn't be anything embarrassing about demanding a living wage for your work and the same for your co-workers. Secrecy protects executives and shareholders. Transparency empowers everyone else.
— Kristina Bui 🦅 (@kbui1) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism https://t.co/OJFv4Kh1Yu via @cjr
— Jill Geisler (@JillGeisler) July 8, 2019
Not surprised by this. First job out of school was at $11/hour, which allowed me to rent a unit in a slumlord’s college apartment building with a guy I’d never met. Made too much money to qualify for SNAP – ate a lot of lettuce wraps that year. https://t.co/ollPSauIST
— Matt Leader (@Leadermeister) July 8, 2019
"Once Tribune recognized the guild, Boteler says, he felt more comfortable voicing frustrations with wages and pushing back against decisions he disagreed with."
https://t.co/Qm7NaCBmwb via @cjr— R Givan (@rkgwork) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism https://t.co/4bb2JeOdvy via @cjr pic.twitter.com/4nzTdXK3YQ
— Disrupt MediaLab (@dmedialab) July 8, 2019
Reporter’s food-bank trips highlight issue of low pay in local journalism – by Lisa Snowden-McCray https://t.co/mm0OUNkOGf via CJR
— Center for Cooperative Media (@CenterCoopMedia) July 8, 2019
When I left journalism, I was making 36K + barely making ends meet w rent that was almost 1K (for a studio). The addition of a car payment/car insurance in Sept. + health insurance when I turned 26 in Nov., made it essentially impossible to stay in the industry. I left in Dec. https://t.co/f67TfNDeNn
— Emily Chappell (@EmilyChappell13) July 8, 2019
The problem is media have limited their potential customer base by largely catering to 1 side of the political aisle. Somewhere along the line, editors made a decision to shift from information to persuasion. It’s certainly their right to do so, but it alienated half the nation
— Anne Arundel Politics & Maryland Sports Junkie (@ArundelPolitics) July 8, 2019
Receipts? Newspapers please, and not the opinion section. Thanks.
— Jon Kelvey (@JonKelvey) July 8, 2019
The editorial sentiment has made its way into news stories. There has been a purposeful shift from informing readers to persuading them. Intellectual honesty is no longer a prerequisite to writing for the vast majority of these outlets. Not a good idea to alienate half the nation
— Anne Arundel Politics & Maryland Sports Junkie (@ArundelPolitics) July 8, 2019
Ok. Show me what you mean. What outlets? Which stories?
— Jon Kelvey (@JonKelvey) July 8, 2019