Unfortunately, a horrible place to work - Editor The Daily Journal ( IL) Employee Review

A new CFO came in about 5 years ago and created a completely toxic environment. When I started working, it was facing many of the challenges small newspapers face, but succeeding as the sole source of news information for a region, often by the grit of the on-the-ground employees. In the last 2-3 years, top-down mandates and frankly shady ethical practices has made it almost impossible to do good journalism out of this newsroom. If you ask about a wage increase or push back about ethical practices, you're almost sure to be laid off. It's so sad because the people in the newsroom — doing the real work — are some of the best in the business.