Southern Illinois News Guild

Our mission is to help safeguard the future of The Southern Illinoisan by having a voice in preserving jobs and quality journalism.

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

The travesty that's happening at @thesouthern Illinoisan continues to attract attraction. Publishers Daily is the latest to highlight @LeeEntNews' plans to eliminate the entire @sinewsguild newsroom. We appreciate them carrying our statement. https://t.co/r5PwsrDpGn

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

Great to see other media taking notice of what's happening with @LeeEntNews' disgraceful sale of the @thesouthern Illinoisan, which would eliminate all local newsroom jobs, including 10 @sinewsguild journalists. https://t.co/Wuuowdfos7

[WSIL News @WSILNews]

"And for our readers I feel really bad."

Once a grievance is settled, a dozen reporters and editors with over 80 years of combined experience will be gone from The Southern Illinoisan. https://t.co/h2U2uH8sZP

[Southern Illinois News Guild @sinewsguild]

United Media Guild files unfair labor practice against Paxton Media: https://t.co/HKJt32bBYV

[Southern Illinois News Guild @sinewsguild]

Our Editor-in-Chief appeared live on the air yesterday to speak about the sale of @thesouthern and how it will impact local journalism in Southern Illinois. We are thankful to have an editor who stands with our staff and our community. ✊ https://t.co/mcfWb3dC82

[Southern Illinois News Guild @sinewsguild]

We want to thank everyone for their support during these trying times. ✊ Our newsroom might be smaller than it’s ever been, but we are a family! We care about Southern Illinois and we care about quality local journalism. https://t.co/CIgQ77Fjip

[The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild]

Join us in calling on Paxton Media to either keep the talented staff of The Southern Illinoisan or let a local investor buy the paper! https://t.co/7S2cWXRxCF

[Jon Harris @ByJonHarris]

This is a new low, even for @LeeEntNews. They've gutted The Southern Illinoisan over time and now they're selling it -- probably for next to nothing -- to a company that won't hire any of the 10 union members at the paper.

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

The Unions of Lee Enterprises denounces plans by @LeeEntNews to sell The Southern Illinoisan paper to Paxton Media Group under terms that will eliminate all @thesouthern journalists who currently work for it. Read our full statement on this VERY bad deal: https://t.co/R9LPAJ16jH

[RNPA @RNPA_union]

Our statement on last week’s “layoff” of 2022 @APSE_sportmedia Virginia Sports Writer of the Year and all-around top-tier human being @michaelpRTD 📰🗞️👇

@AP @va_press_assoc @vpapupdates @LeeUnions @LeeEntNews @RTDNEWS @EricKolenich @RTDSchapiro @EmHolterNews @ZachJoachim

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

This @daily_montanan headline summarizes the bad decisions taken by @LeeEntNews to cut people and product and expect big payoffs. “Anyone with business acumen can tell you this is not how you grow the business long term," says @mtnewsguild Victor Flores. https://t.co/4jXcfkGFcL

[Timesland News Guild @TimeslandGuild]

We at the Timesland News Guild want to express solidarity with the newsrooms across the country affected by Lee Enterprises’ poorly managed print reductions.
#LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness

[Casper News Guild @caspernewsguild]

We’d be so grateful to have other Wyoming news outlets help us spread the word about this important effort. If you’d like to speak with someone from the guild, please reach out to us here.

To Lee we simply ask, how are we supposed to make these changes work?

[RNPA @RNPA_union]

We at @RNPA_union - w/ @LeeUnions at other @LeeEntNews-owned newspapers - want you know this retreat from print is the latest assault on news-gathering and news-distribution.

News staffs continue to shrink, jobs are shipped to out of state - and readers and customers get less.

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

A very clear and troubling summary of what's befalling newspapers owned by @LeeEntNews in Virginia. The @TimeslandGuild is picking up some of that work but isn't turning a blind eye to the bigger picture. #LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

News that media chain @LeeEntNews has now cut print days at its smaller papers does NOT mean larger papers are immune. Story by @RiverfrontTimes featuring St. Louis @UMediaGuild and @stltoday: "There's no guarantees." #LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness https://t.co/3mdIy98pnZ

[Buffalo Newspaper Guild @BuffaloGuild]

Lee Enterprises, in its latest move to drain resources from one of its properties, has gotten rid of our award-winning news design desk at @TheBuffaloNews. You may have noticed if you’ve seen the pages of the newspaper lately. #LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness 🧵

[The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild]

Something has to change. @LeeUnions launched a campaign to highlight the cuts by the company and how it's preventing communities from getting the news they deserve. #LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness https://t.co/JL6uLGmae9

[Longview NewsGuild @longviewguild]

The Daily News just made the change to printing three days a week. The rollout so far has not made us less worried about Lee's short-sighted moves and lack of real investment in our staff.
#LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness

[Unions of Lee Enterprises @LeeUnions]

Journalists across the country are speaking out this week against destructive business decisions by media chain Lee Enterprises. Chronic disinvestment and @LeeEntNews' latest move to slash daily printing of many newspapers is a recipe for failure. #LeeUnionsRaisingAwareness