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Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 19, 2020

Tuesday saw the Tampa Bay Times newsroom gutted of essential staff in a set of layoffs that rocked the local media landscape. Wednesday followed with another gut punch. Environmental reporter Craig Pittman announced he was the latest casualty. After 21 years covering environmental issues for #Florida's largest and best paper, the @TB_Times, I was laid off […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 18, 2020

None of the employees were offered severance.

Scott PowersMarch 18, 2020

Tourism, lodging, hospitality, and entertainment industries are collapsing.

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 27, 2020

Employees will lose 10% of their pay for 13 weeks.

Jacob OglesJuly 2, 2019

The Republican lawman criticized after laying off long-time staff.

Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 21, 2019

As many as 40 employees could lose their jobs.

Scott PowersJune 1, 2017

In an ironic economic twist painful to some, Florida’s agencies charged with helping unemployed people find jobs are facing budget cutbacks because of the state’s declining unemployment rate — and some now are forced to lay off a few of their own workers. CareerSource Florida‘s 24 regional CareerSource agencies are facing budget cuts, some deep, […]

Jim RosicaOctober 27, 2016

Susan Ledford wasn’t an immediately recognizable name from the Tallahassee Democrat‘s newsroom. Unlike Gerald Ensley or Bill Cotterell, she didn’t ride on parade floats or get to be known by governors and lawmakers. But for nearly three decades, Ledford helped make the trains run on time, night after night. Ledford — who’s been a copy editor, page designer, […]

Phil AmmannOctober 3, 2016

Five months after purchasing rival Tampa Tribune, the Tampa Bay Times will be eliminating more jobs in the upcoming budget year, in an effort to bring the newspaper to the same staffing levels as 2015. Benjamin Mullen of Poynter.org reports that Paul Tash, Times Publishing Company chair and CEO, announced the cutbacks in a memo […]

Associated PressJanuary 13, 2016

BAE Systems says as many as 300 employees its shipyards in Jacksonville may be laid off. Multiple media outlets report the company made the announcement Tuesday, saying the layoffs will happen on or about March 18. BAE employs about 700 workers at its two Jacksonville facilities. The company said in September that it would lay […]

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Craig Pittman, popular environmental reporter and author, among 11 cut from the Tampa Bay Times

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay guts newsroom; lays off 7 of 12 employees

Analysis: More than 1 million Florida jobs in jeopardy by coronavirus shutdowns

Tampa Bay Times will temporarily cut employee pay amid financial decline

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno’s layoffs draw criticism, stoke questions

Jobs in danger as Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital plans e-records transition

CareerSource centers dealing with their own layoffs as economy rises

Putting a face on Gannett’s ‘2 percent workforce reduction’

Five months after buying Tampa Trib, Tampa Bay Times announces more layoffs

BAE Systems to lay off up to 300 at Jacksonville shipyards