Dan Sforza Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gannett selling photos online of children they photograph. Parents don’t like it

March 24, 2021 5:55 pmMarch 25, 2021 9:07 am

As newspapers look for alternative revenues sources to supplement an ailing business model, some parents are pushing back on a decision by Gannett to monetize the work of their journalists by selling photographs of children on their websites. The front...

Murphy repeats support for Gannett union, but won’t tell all reporters to follow

February 12, 2021 3:48 pmFebruary 12, 2021 3:48 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy reiterated his support of journalists at The (Bergen) Record, the Daily Record, and the New Jersey Herald to unionize, but stopped short of telling employees of other New Jersey daily newspapers to do the same. “I can’t...

Bergen Record, other Gannett newspapers haven’t covered unionization bid by their own reporters

February 11, 2021 5:12 pmFebruary 12, 2021 3:42 pm

Gannett newspapers appeared to have embargoed coverage of a bid by editorial staffers to unionize, with no mention of the move by more than 90% of reporters and other employees at The (Bergen) Record, the Daily Record, and the New...

Gannett outsourcing nearly 500 jobs to India, report says

December 11, 2020 9:17 amDecember 11, 2020 1:43 pm

Financially-troubled Gannett will outsource 485 jobs to India in 2021 as part of a “massive company-wide transformation,” according to a Poynter report. All of the outsources positions will involve the “business process” side of the media giant, which owns ten...

Gannett reporter faces ethics questions after repeated asks of N.J. governor about indoor dining

July 24, 2020 1:16 pmJuly 24, 2020 10:01 pm

Dustin Racioppi spends his days as a statehouse reporter for The (Bergen) Record. Some nights and weekends, he moonlights as a bartender at Murphy’s Tavern, an old speakeasy and restaurant in Rumson that is owned by his wife. Occasionally the...

Gannett will run three South Jersey newspapers as part of Pennsylvania operation

May 16, 2020 8:24 pm

Gannett is consolidating news operations in Pennsylvania and South Jersey into a new operation headed by Shane Fitzgerald, the Atlantic Sub-Regional Executive Editor for GateHouse Media’s 24 newspapers, including the Burlington County Times and the New Jersey Herald. Fitzgerald shifted...

Bergen Record lets editorial page editor go

April 27, 2020 12:11 pmApril 27, 2020 2:36 pm

The (Bergen) Record today axed editorial page editor Bruce Lowry, the latest casualty in layoffs occurring throughout the Gannett organization. “Regretfully, I’ve been informed today is my last day at The Record and North Jersey.com,” Lowry said in a Twitter...