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Gannett journalists walk out over pay, management issues

Season 2023 Episode 156 | 5m 32s

Staffers from two dozen newsrooms from California to New York walked off the job on Monday, striking to demand better wages and accusing Gannett leadership of mismanagement. Steven Waldman of the “Rebuild Local News Coalition” joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

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