Current and former community members and others concerned about local news reported by local staff under fair working conditions at the daily Long Beach, CA, newspaper. Our newspaper has been here for more than a century covering Long Beach and its neighboring communities, getting to know this area and the people who live here. From the Port of Long Beach to the Terrace Theater, the Press-Telegram
knows what makes this area tick. The newspaper's photographers and reporters are regular fixtures at City Council meetings, run the sidelines at high school football games and angle for the perfect photos at the Grand Prix. Like most newspapers, however, the Press-Telegram has lost too many employees in the past few years. Those few who remain struggle to do more with less because they care about journalism and their community. But now our owners are proposing to move half the Press Telegram’s newsroom –- including our sports reporters, photographers and features department -- to another newspaper in Torrance, the Daily Breeze. The community likes and respects the community of Torrance and its paper of record. But we know that local journalism needs to be local. Torrance isn’t Long Beach, and it won’t be possible for reporters and photographers to cover our community fully from 15 or 20 miles down the road. Please help save our Press Telegram: Keep Long Beach journalism local. How to help:
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E-mail our publisher and editor: Publisher Linda Lindus, [email protected]; or Executive Editor Sue Schmitt, [email protected]
And keep supporting the Press-Telegram with your subscriptions, online clicks and advertising! Community support is vital to keeping a local newsroom strong.
