The Sacramento Bee eliminated 12 positions Monday, but offered six of the affected employees new jobs. Two newsroom employees were laid off, but no writers or editors. "I don't want to discount the fact that some people lost their jobs yesterday, but they were not involved in the gathering of news," said Sacramento Bee Communifty Affairs Director Pam Dinsmore. One of the two newsroom employees laid off worked as a photo technician and the other worked as a newsroom librarian, according to Di... JaredGoyette Jared Goyette comment-71354 2012-07-24T21:52:58Z 2012-07-24T21:52:58Z I agree with you when you say that, "their shoestring staff has been absolutely nailing it with bigtime investigative reporting lately," and that is exactly why what McClatchy does with the Bee is so important. This is not just any company, but one that plays an indispensable civic role. If McClatchy continues to cut, that role will be diminished. We need to pay attention. Jared Goyette 2012-07-24T21:52:58Z cogmeyer comment-71352 2012-07-24T21:30:13Z 2012-07-24T21:30:13Z I assume the SacPress is either gloating over the continued demise of local print media, or this is an "inside baseball" commiseration for the layoff of fellow news gatherers. Hopefully it's the latter, but I agree on the "who cares". This is a metro area of several million people, and layoffs are happening everywhere. Is it also news when the SacBee hires 2 employees or when another company lays off 2 people? I like to bag on the Bee at times, especially the weird European socialist bent of their editorial board. But their shoestring staff has been absolutely nailing it with bigtime investigative reporting lately. The State Parks vacation buyout scandal, followed by the $54M hidden surplus story. And the falsified testing data on the Bay Bridge construction. If the Bee were to fail, I don't know what entity would step in to provide this kind of public service. Thats the main reason I am still on of the few who writes a check to the Bee each month. cogmeyer 2012-07-24T21:30:13Z Ben Ilfeld comment-71343 2012-07-24T18:55:50Z 2012-07-24T18:55:50Z I do. I do not take comfort in the constant erosion of our local media. The Sacramento Press was founded to augment a solid base of reporting from other outlets, not to compete or fill growing gaps. And, yes, a newsroom librarian is an amazing and important position within a newsroom. I don't know many of the other details, but it is unfortunate when people lose their jobs and for those of us in the local media business here, it does mean a lot. Ben Ilfeld 2012-07-24T18:55:50Z Ben Ilfeld comment-71341 2012-07-24T18:52:41Z 2012-07-24T18:52:41Z "... plans to implement a tiered online paywall system as part of a strategy to draw more revenue from its site." Or more likely to push up Sunday circ. Ben Ilfeld 2012-07-24T18:52:41Z newguyinsac comment-71330 2012-07-24T17:09:10Z 2012-07-24T17:09:10Z Well it sucks for the people who lost their jobs, but really, who cares? newguyinsac 2012-07-24T17:09:10Z ChollyKnickerbocker comment-71325 2012-07-24T16:19:49Z 2012-07-24T16:19:49Z The aggressive ads on SacBee.com make the site virtually unuseable. Even if you pay to use the bee site the ads are still there. If sac press starts soliciting obits from local funeral homes there won't be any more reasons to go to sacbee.com . ChollyKnickerbocker 2012-07-24T16:19:49Z