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Saying they want a seat at the table, Palo Alto Weekly journalists join effort to form a company-wide union

Original post made on Sep 26, 2023

Newsroom employees at Embarcadero Media announced that they are forming a union on Tuesday. The proposed Embarcadero Community News Guild includes reporters, editors, visual journalists and designers.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 4:32 PM

Comments (7)

Posted by ALB
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 26, 2023 at 5:19 pm

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Good for newsroom employees. This is good news for the community as well. The editors and journalists need to be heard and appreciated.


Posted by Online Name
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Sep 26, 2023 at 7:19 pm

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"Adam Dawes, CEO of Embarcadero Media, said Tuesday that management needs to familiarize themselves with their role, responsibilities and legal obligations, so he could offer only a limited response."

Huh? Sure management knowing its role, responsibilities etc. is a plus so what's new?


Posted by scott
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 26, 2023 at 8:59 pm

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Congratulations! And thank you for all the work you do.


Posted by Mondoman
a resident of Green Acres
on Sep 27, 2023 at 5:43 am

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I hope the staff end up with a positive outcome from this.


Posted by Leslie York
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Sep 27, 2023 at 6:11 am

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"Newsroom employees at Embarcadero Media announced that they are forming a union on Tuesday, Sept. 26."

Start by rewriting the lede sentence correctly:

On Tuesday, Sept. 26, newsroom employees at Embarcadero Media announced they are forming a union.


Posted by Jennifer
a resident of another community
on Sep 27, 2023 at 10:41 am

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I hope this works out well for Embarcadero Media.

A lede sentence is written to grab the immediate attention of the reader. Journalists know this and so do most of us who read the news.


Posted by Annette
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 27, 2023 at 11:17 am

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Interesting. Especially the comment by Dawes. Wasn't he on the Board for several years before becoming editor? I wonder if the journalists are concerned about the increasing bias/lack of objectivity regarding what EM chooses to print and not print.


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