More Evidences Emerges In UMD Journalism School Employee Layoffs

New documents obtained by student newspaper The Diamondback present the laying off of four journalism college employees in a new light.

Steve Crane, assistant dean for graduate programs and facilities; Marchelle Payne-Gassaway, assistant dean, Matthew Sheehan, website administrator, and Lucinda Fleeson, who directed a fellowship, were notified on Aug. 9 that their positions were being eliminated. In a memo obtained by Romenesko, dean Kevin Klose blamed financial issues at the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, and the University of Maryland as a whole, for the cuts.

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