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A stack of The San Diego Union-Tribune newspapers is displayed at a Circle K gas station in Chula Vista, California.

‘This is the Boogeyman’: San Diego Union-Tribune staff devastated by sale to hedge-fund-owned media group

By Omar Rashad ● Media Workers ● July 12, 2023

The paper’s sale to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary caught staffers — and management — off guard. Employees know what’s ahead: staff reductions.

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Journalism’s influential awards lack diverse judges

By Bahar Ostadan, Samson Zhang, Yiwen Lu, Brammhi Balarajan & Omar Rashad ● Story Frame ● August 9, 2022

How the journalism industry’s elitism locks out folks from underrepresented backgrounds

By Omar Rashad ● Media Workers ● September 14, 2020

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