Daily Hampshire Gazette editor âeliminatedâ six months after significant company layoffs
By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated December 30, 2020, 2:10 p.m.
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The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Western Massachusetts has seen a shift at the top of its masthead after editor-in-chief Brooke Hauser tweeted that she had been laid off Tuesday morning.
âAnd...I was just told my job was âeliminated,ââ she wrote. âI love my staff, I love this paper, and I love this community. What a shame.â
Tuesdayâs announcement marked the latest round of cuts at the Northampton-based Gazette, one of the countryâs oldest newspapers. A total of eight newsroom employees were affected: longtime sports editor Mike Moran and two others accepted buyouts, and four people were laid off alongside Hauser. As with so many news organizations nationwide, the Gazette has faced financial struggles as print readership and advertising decline, circumstances only made more acute by the COVID-19 pandemic.