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Entire Sac Bee sports team eliminated in sweeping McClatchy layoffs
SFGATE • • business
Key Points:
- McClatchy has eliminated the entire sports department at the Sacramento Bee as part of nationwide layoffs affecting over 90 employees across its newspapers, including significant cuts in California’s Central Valley.
- The Fresno Bee and Modesto Bee also faced layoffs, with Fresno losing seven staff members including investigative reporters and Modesto laying off three, including the high school sports reporter.
- The Sacramento Bee’s sports department, previously responsible for covering major local teams like the Kings and temporarily the Athletics, lost all three reporters, including longtime high school sports reporter Joe Davidson and Kings beat reporter Jason Anderson.
- The affected Sacramento sports reporters will continue working until October 9, but the newspaper’s future sports coverage plans remain unclear as McClatchy has not commented on the impact of these cuts.
