Melinda Henneberger Is Out at Roll Call

Henneberger had been in her position for less than a year, joining at the beginning of November. Her departure continues the succession of changes the organization has been going through for more than a year. Those include significant numbers of both new hires and departures, a redesigned website and a reimagining of the publication’s mission.

Henneberger, in an email to Politico’s Hadas Gold, who first broke the story, explained how some of those changes put her at odds with management:

I balked at a plan to make such deep cuts to staff that I feared the place wouldn’t survive them, and further felt that such cuts were unnecessary since the place is profitable, though not making the projected 25 percent profit margin that management is intent on cutting its way to, no matter what...