Randy Bergmann Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ex-editor slams the price of the Asbury Park Press

April 25, 2022 12:53 pmApril 26, 2022 12:22 am

Veteran newspaperman Randy Bergmann spent 18 years as the editorial page editor of the Asbury Park Press before cutbacks at the Gannett-owned newspaper led to him being laid off two years ago. But when he visited the local Wawa last...

Ex-Bergen Record editorial page editor now working for Senate Democrats

December 11, 2020 6:05 pm

Bruce Lowry, the highly-regarded former editorial page editor for The (Bergen) Record, has joined Senate President Steve Sweeny and the New Jersey Senate Democratic Majority Office communications team. Lowry had spent 15 years at the Bergen Record until April, when...

Bergmann out as Asbury Park Press editorial page editor

April 28, 2020 2:23 pmApril 28, 2020 4:36 pm

The latest casualty in New Jersey journalism is Randy Bergmann, who has been laid off from his position as editorial page editor of the Asbury Park Press. Bergmann, who has been with the newspaper since 2002, is the second local...

Union says Gannett/GateHouse merger would cuts jobs, wages

November 11, 2019 9:25 amNovember 11, 2019 11:00 am

The proposed merger of Gannett and GateHouse, which affects a majority of the daily newspapers in New Jersey, would cuts jobs and drive down wages, according to a report from the nation’s top newspaper unions. “This merger will hurt the...

Welle slams Asbury Park Press for endorsing Smith

October 29, 2018 1:55 pm

A Democratic candidate for Congress today slammed the Asbury Park Press for endorsing the Republican incumbent for re-election to a 20th term. Josh Welle says the newspaper ignored his wartime military service and “falsely attacked his private section credentials” in...