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 On September 10th, McClatchy Media announced plans to lay off 7 union journalists at the Tacoma News Tribune, Bellingham Herald, Olympian and Tri-City Herald as part of a nationwide reduction in force.
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 These reporters served as local government watchdogs, passionate scribes of high school sports, traveled the road to cover each play at Seahawks games, detailed crime in your neighborhoods, and focused on niche beats like Latino-Hispanic communities and climate change.
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 The news workers of the Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American, and Stanwood Camano News have voted unanimously to strike against the newspapers' management.
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 The newspapers' owner, Adams MultiMedia, has stated that it wants "no limitation on the use of Artificial Intelligence." This includes the generation of news content.
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 In nine months of contract bargaining, Adams MultiMedia has denied its journalists any protections from AI at these newspapers.
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