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UMG members win Pulitzer Prize
April 20, 2015
The United Media Guild congratulates its members whose work earned the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The staff photographers covered the social unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson last...
Freeport and Rockford select stewards
April 20, 2015
On Sunday, April 19, members of the Rockford Register Star/ Freeport Journal Standard unit held a meeting to nominate and elect stewards. Turnout was good, nominations were plenty and when the dust finally settled and the votes tallied, the results...
No buyouts planned for Post-Dispatch newsroom
April 2, 2015
A recent Post-Dispatch layoff included three Guild members in advertising-related jobs. This layoff did not extend to the newsroom, but the Guild had informal discussions with the company about potential severance buyouts for veteran journalists. If fact, the company encouraged...