Today FM’s latest ‘consultation’ meeting: Journalists, newsreaders told to reapply for jobs

Today, FM’s news team is “exhausted” and “weary” after the week-long consultation on proposed rollovers concluded yesterday, reportedly with no changes to the company’s restructuring plans.

An employee who was spoken to heraldsaid all reporters and anchors would be fired but could reapply for jobs.

“We have to apply for jobs that we already had and go through an application process.”

The channel shut down abruptly on March 30, with senior presenters like Tova O’Brien and Duncan Garner losing their jobs almost immediately.

While their teams had only three hours to provide feedback, Today FM’s journalists, newscasters and editors kept working, providing hourly news for the company’s music stations.

However, last Tuesday they underwent a separate process and were given a week-long consultation period.

Under the change as reported in the last week herald According to Media Insider’s column, four news anchors would lose their jobs and nine journalists were also told their roles would be terminated.

A staffer also confirmed today that two sub-editors and the news chief have been retained.

“We’re feeling exhausted and some of us have been through this before with MediaWorks, so we’re not sure who to trust anymore. It was all very badly handled and cold.”

The worker said so herald They weren’t sure how many people would lose their jobs as the deadline for accepting layoffs ended on Monday.

They said the team felt “over it” at yesterday’s meeting with management and HR officials, which they said was “short and sharp”.

“We were really put to the test but showed up 24/7 to do our job professionally.”

A spokesman for MediaWorks said that herald The company retained a news team.

“We consulted with our current news team and proposed a new structure to accommodate the changing needs of the business.

“The majority of our news team will be retained while some have elected to be fired.”

When asked if any of the news team’s suggestions had been acted upon during the consultation, the spokesman said they were “still working through” the new news team structure.

“Our priority is our people as we implement these changes.”

When asked about whether the news team would need to reapply for his job, claims that staff recommendations were not acted upon during the consultation, and staff sentiment, the spokesperson said he had “nothing further to add.”