“Support your local newspapers, people. “This is genuinely what we are up against.”On Monday, McClatchy dismissed her for violating its social media policy, Lords told The Washington Post. The paper’s union publicly slammed the decision hours later, advocating not for one of its members but for the newsroom’s top manager in an unusual move. As top editor since early 2019, Lords turned competitors into collaborators, setting up content-sharing partnerships with newspapers around the state. She had been vocal on the platform about the challenges facing local newspapers and had never faced disciplinary issues before.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2021 12:08 UTC