Laid off in Rochester: copy desk chief Jann Nyffeler
Yet another stunningly boneheaded move by someone: Jann Nyffeler is out at the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat & Chronicle. She’s just one of more than 1,200 layoffs made this week by Gannett.
Jann posted to her Facebook page Thursday evening:
Jann Nyffeler is unemployed. They got me, guys.
Jann has been in Rochester nine years. Her title recently has been “Lead Conversion Editor,” but it’s still chief of what you’d call the copy desk.
A 1988 graduate of the University of Nebraska, Jann spent eight years as a copy editor at the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. She became team leader for the copy desk of the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle in 1996 and then moved to the Dallas Morning News in 1999.
She doesn’t blog often these days, but when she does, she posts here.
Find earlier coverage of Gannett’s massive layoffs here.