Bell Media job cuts, including seasoned Hill journos, spark worries from fellow reporters and editors

In an internal memo, Richard Gray, Bell Media's vice-president of news, said it needs to significantly adapt to how it delivers news and will move to a single newsroom approach across brands. But some seasoned reporters got the axe.

CTV's national news Ottawa bureau chief Joyce Napier, left, and reporter Glen McGregor. Both were let go by the network as part of 1,300 job cuts announced last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

June 19, 2023

Journalists and experts say Bell Media's 1,300 job cuts last week—which included a number of prominent Parliament Hill journalists such as CTV’s Glen McGregor and the network’s Ottawa bureau chief Joyce Napier—is another blow to the news business.

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