Houston Chronicle will lay off 12% of staff

News business faces big change

Wendy Natt, Mar 26, 09.

The Houston Chronicle will let go of 12% of its employees “in an effort to reduce costs amid unprecedented change in the newspaper industry,” according to a recent Chronicle article.

Chronicle Publisher and President Jack Sweeney announced the layoffs on March 24 - cutbacks that will include 90 newsroom employees, accounting for 27 percent of its editorial staff, according to a Houston Press article. The newsroom will undergo restructuring, but the core mission of the newspaper will remain the same, says Chronicle Editor Jeff Cohen.

Houston Press is keeping an updated list of names of Chronicle employees who have lost their jobs.