Advocating for the jobless. The Burnie daily, The Advocate, has launched a campaign to find and fill $25 million worth of jobs across north-west Tasmania over 100 days: here.
The campaign prompted our Tassie stringer to muse:
“That’s mighty noble but perhaps they should first explain how they themselves have axed almost their entire subbing staff, not to mention their political reporter position, pre-press workers and so on.
Then there is the offshore outsourcing of payroll and subscription services at the expense of local jobs. If a newspaper’s role is to inform its readers, The Advocate’s jobs campaign should land its editor out of one.”
We’ve looked into it, and yes, The Advocate has shed staff. Pre-press was moved to Launceston, some subeditors lost their jobs ( here ) due to the new sub-hub, and state political reporter Chris Pippos was not replaced when he left.
So perhaps The Aggravate could start its jobs crusade by rehiring some of its ex-workers?
