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Weekly Planet's Layoffs Cause Anguish

By AAN Staff
march 4, 2003  02:33 pm
Weekly Planet's Layoffs Cause Anguish
The Weekly Planet brings in a new editor, bears down on its most experienced writers, and fires its three news staffers, Publisher Ben Eason announced in a letter published in late January. Eason refuted a St. Petersburg Times' claim that the paper had abandoned news coverage. "Even as we reduce the staff, we have strengthened the leadership of our paper and will have more writing from our most experienced journalists," he wrote. Eason's letter was followed by one from Susan Edwards, who resigned the editorship to return to cultural coverage. "I'm not here to put a good face on the loss of our news staff," Edwards wrote. "What I do want you to know is that there are still people here who believe in the power and responsibility of the alternative press."
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