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The empty chair: what happens when staff leave a local newsroom
The newsroom hums a little less these days. Another desk sits empty, another computer screen glows with a generic screensaver. Here at the Herald-Tribune, we’ve seen a few familiar bylines depart in the last year, each one taking with them a piece of our collective knowledge and experience.
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