Trying to Calm The Rank and File at Scripps

With the layoffs at Scripps, insiders say that employees are confused with exactly what Scripps is trying to do.

“Smaller market newsrooms are feeling so dejected about the layoffs, then watching job postings for double/triple what they were making,” said one Scripps insider to FTVLive.

So, for the next couple of weeks, Scripps CEO Adam Symson will hold a series of “town halls” to try and calm the staff and explain the end game.

This was the email sent to the staff an obtained by FTVLive.