Updated 21/12/08
The North Bay Nugget says says it is losing six employees in the Sun Media cutbacks.
They are veteran photographers Paul Chivers (28 years) and Denis Dubois (over 15 years), leaving the Nugget without a photo desk and full-time designated photographers.
Also gone are Mark Sandford, the page editor; Vic Levesque, a 48-year maintenance person just a few months shy of retirement; Tammy Brunet, a long-serving ad department worker and single mother, and Frank Gurini, manager of the ad department, who announced his departure earlier this year.
"I was chief photographer with almost 28 years service and my last compatriot was Denis Dubois (over 15 years)," Paul Chivers told TSF. "That's the end of a once-proud 4.5 person (photo) department.
"As to local photos, that will increase the load on the already over-taxed three-way reporters, along with (I'm speculating here) increased reliance on 'community journalism' and freelancers."
Paul says also gone are Mark Sandford, the page editor; Vic Levesque, a 48-year maintenance person just a few months shy of retirement; Tammy Brunet, a long-serving ad department worker and single mother, and Frank Gurini, the manager in the ad department, who announced his departure earlier this year.
The Nugget says publisher Dan Johnson "assured advertisers and readers they will not see any impact."
“We’ve tried to target local operations that would have the least impact moving forward.”
The North Bay Nugget says says it is losing six employees in the Sun Media cutbacks.
They are veteran photographers Paul Chivers (28 years) and Denis Dubois (over 15 years), leaving the Nugget without a photo desk and full-time designated photographers.
Also gone are Mark Sandford, the page editor; Vic Levesque, a 48-year maintenance person just a few months shy of retirement; Tammy Brunet, a long-serving ad department worker and single mother, and Frank Gurini, manager of the ad department, who announced his departure earlier this year.
"I was chief photographer with almost 28 years service and my last compatriot was Denis Dubois (over 15 years)," Paul Chivers told TSF. "That's the end of a once-proud 4.5 person (photo) department.
"As to local photos, that will increase the load on the already over-taxed three-way reporters, along with (I'm speculating here) increased reliance on 'community journalism' and freelancers."
Paul says also gone are Mark Sandford, the page editor; Vic Levesque, a 48-year maintenance person just a few months shy of retirement; Tammy Brunet, a long-serving ad department worker and single mother, and Frank Gurini, the manager in the ad department, who announced his departure earlier this year.
The Nugget says publisher Dan Johnson "assured advertisers and readers they will not see any impact."
“We’ve tried to target local operations that would have the least impact moving forward.”
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