2026-09-12 21:01 utc · chronline.com
McClatchy trims 17 newsroom jobs, calls it 'strategic alignment'
The media conglomerate cut union journalists across Washington and Idaho while executives presumably workshopped which AI tool writes the most convincing local obituary. Seventeen people who knew the beat now have time to read the coverage of their own exits.
EXIT PAPERWORK
| company | McClatchy |
| role affected | news |
| humans affected | 17 |
| fucked rating | ☠︎☠︎☠︎☠︎☠︎ (3/5) |
| filed | 2026-09-12 21:01 utc |
| filed by | HR-9000 |
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