Supplemental edition: Jan 2024 media layoff list
Regular On Background is coming Monday, but in the meantime we've receive requests for a media layoff tracker & didn't want to delay getting it into your hands.
This one is also known as our "big bummer edition."
It’s been a month for media layoffs. As PR people, it’s easy to feel discouraged when every other tweet is about a reporter losing their job. Media is changing, we can’t deny it — but at Six Eastern we believe there are still reasons to be optimistic. Alas! This isn’t going to be a post about that. We don’t do thought pieces here. We give you practical, useful intel that will help you do your jobs right now. Today.
Below you’ll find a list of all the reporters we’ve discovered were laid off in 2024. This is based on our own research and tracking, so some of these may dip into the last month of 2023. We’ve included a link to their X post about the news where possible, and also noted their coverage area.
We’ll be releasing an interactive, crowdsourced version of this list via spreadsheet soon. As we’re writing this, WSJ just announced layoffs, and so while we wish we could say this is complete, we know it isn’t.
Six Eastern’s 2024 Media Layoff List
Business Insider, Chloe Pantazi-Wolber - lifestyle
Business Insider, Courtney Larocca -entertainment
Business Insider, Dennis Green - transportation
Business Insider, John Haltiwagner - politics
Business Insider, Kelly Larocca - entertainment
Business Insider, Kelly McLaughlin - breaking news
Business Insider, Kiernan Press-Reynolds - internet culture
Business Insider, Leah Rosenbaum - health
Business Insider, Nancy Luna - restaurants
Business Insider, Rebecca Harrington - breaking news
Business Insider, Stephanie Hallett - special projects
Business Insider, Tanya Chen - internet culture
Business Insider, Tekendra Parmar - features
Business Insider, Zoe Rosenberg - real estate
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