Editor says to fight against cutbacks
Editor & Publisher has a piece about a speech that Los Angeles Times editor Dean Baquet made to the Associated Press Managing Editors’ conference on Thursday, in which he urged newspaper editors to put up more of a fight against cutbacks by newspaper chains and proprietors. “It is the job of editors of newspapers to put up a little bit more of a fight than we have put up in the past,” he said. “Don’t be shy about making the public service argument.”
Baquet said his public stance against cuts drew hundreds of e-mails from around the country by supporters, something that helped him stick with the position against cutting. Such notes ranged from The New York Times to the Akron (Ohio) Beacon-Journal. “I even got one from a Wall Street analyst who said it was about time newspapers started pushing back a little bit,” Baquet said.
The publisher of the Times also resisted pressure for newsroom cuts, and was later fired as a result. Baquet said he considered quitting but decided that “the best way to protect the paper was for me to stay.” The New York Times also had a piece about Baquet’s speech here.
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