I wish these skilled Seattle Times journalists the best in erasing the outdated, arbitrary line between “digital” staffers and those covered by a union contact. As the paper’s excellent pandemic coverage has shown, everyone there is a “digital” journalist.
A rarity in the past two months: Today King County - which includes Seattle and Kirkland, the site of the first COVID-19 epicenter - reported a single death attributed to the virus.
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Today, we, the journalists of @Crosscut and @KCTS9, informed management of our intent to unionize and become part of the @news_guild. Here’s our mission statement explaining why we’re doing it. #KeepJournalismLocal#NewsMatters#CrosscutUnion