Journalists report working hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime at Gannett papers – Poynter

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Journalists report working hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime at Gannett papers – Poynter

The NewsGuild is investigating the issue and asking all Gannett employees to fill out a survey reporting unpaid work

via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2021/journalists-report-working-hundreds-of-hours-of-unpaid-overtime-at-gannett-papers/

In the tweet that started the debate, Arizona Republic consumer protection reporter Rebekah Sanders wrote that she had worked hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime at the paper early in her career because she had been told she needed to “pay (her) dues.”