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Our thinking was driven by the Tribune’s goal to be the Chicago region’s top destination for news and information and grow especially in the digital space. That means we must concentrate our resources and energies on covering the Chicago area better than anyone else across all of our media.
But with today’s actions, we are making the leap to a newsroom structure that we believe is sustainable barring further significant declines in advertising revenue. While some are leaving now, others will join the newsroom over time as we invest in new skills necessary to grow in the future. With a staff of about 430, this newsroom will remain one of the largst and most talented in the country.
UPDATE: Here’s a partial list of names. I want to begin with my friend Mary Dedinsky, who was once the editor of the Sun-Times, later taught at Medill, and went to work for the Tribune several years ago as a Metro editor because she missed newspapers. She’s as complete a journalist as I know.
