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Three laid off at Brantford Expositor

Three staff at the Brantford Expositor have been laid off as part of the 200 company-wide job cuts at Sun Media.  Three staff at the Brantford Expositor have been laid off as part of the 200 company-wide job cuts at Sun Media. Hugo Rodrigues, who covers the city hall beat for the Expositor, and Jim…

Three staff at the Brantford Expositor have been laid off as part of the 200 company-wide job cuts at Sun Media. 

Three staff at the Brantford Expositor have been laid off as part of the 200 company-wide job cuts at Sun Media.

Hugo Rodrigues, who covers the city hall beat for the Expositor, and Jim Alexander, a sales representative, and Carol McFarlane,a customer service rep, have been laid off. Rodrigues, who is also the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and McFarlane are on a 30-day notice period as per their collective agreement with Sun Media.

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Alexander was not a member of the bargaining unit so his departure was effective immediately. 


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Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.