In search of real UNITY

Ransom Notes

It was billed as UNITY, and during this time of cutbacks, buyouts and downsizing, the only unity seemed to be unity in despair for the future of newspapers.

Since I work at a newspaper, I know about that despair. Few newspapers are hiring and this year has been the worst ever for newsrooms. Many of those journalists who gathered in Chicago last week were the lucky ones, the ones who still had jobs. But the ink-letting is not over, and some of those UNITY attendees will go home to pink slips.

But for me, UNITY, and meetings of its member organizations: Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association …