Readers checking the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Fort Worth Star-Telegram websites in recent weeks may have noticed some subtle differences: an influx of wire stories, unfamiliar names, missing bylines.
Workers at both papers are on open-ended strikes. The Pittsburgh journalists started theirs on Oct. 18, while the Fort Worth editorial staff walked off the job Nov. 28. During that time, employees at The New York Times and more than a dozen Gannett newsrooms have also held one-day walkouts. It’s the most labor unrest the American journalism industry has experienced in decades.
