Columbus Dispatch To Lay Off 45

The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus Ohio will be making its newsroom smaller by laying off 45 people effective on April 3, the newspaper announced Monday.
“These are challenging times for many industries, including the newspaper industry,” said John F. Wolfe, publisher and CEO, who explained the changes to the staff.
“We avoided staff reductions as long as possible long after many other news organizations took such action.”
Editor Benjamin J. Marrison said the newsroom staff reductions will hasten a restructuring of the newsroom to put a sharper focus on local news, local sports, enterprise reporting, and building a more robust online presence at Dispatch.com.
“We will have a smaller but no less dedicated staff working each day to bring our readers the news of central Ohio,” Marrison said. “Our mission remains the same: to provide compelling, relevant, timely and accurate reports about this community. We’ll be working even harder now to make that happen.”

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