Heading into October, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Hawaii’s largest newspaper, faces a mandate familiar to many of its U.S. mainland counterparts. Trim the editorial staff because of a downturn in advertising revenues.
Per a report by Honolulu Civil Beat’s Rui Kaneya, the newspaper’s parent company Oahu Publications, a division of Canada’s Black Press Group Ltd., is aiming to cut 15 newsroom positions by Oct. 17. From Kaneya’s piece:
Dennis Francis, Oahu Publications president and publisher, told Civil Beat that the job cuts will affect all six categories of employees — reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists/graphics, online production and clerks — who are represented by the Pacific Media Workers Guild.
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