A decade ago, when Global News was still going strong, a good friend of mine worked closely with Jamie Orchard as a news producer. I got to hang out with the evening team a few times, they were a great group of people. Jamie would buy her coworkers a round of drinks when they had a good show. She truly loved her job.
Like Steve Faguy says on Twitter, “Pretty shocking that Global would lay off an anchor like this who has been with the station since it launched.” Indeed.
But I didn’t see anything about a replacement. They have to have somebody, so either hire someone starting out (and hence a lower salary) or it wil be anchored by someone in Toronto, like the late newscast.
Just a context check: Orchard was one of “dozens” of journalists laid off by Global because they are in a dire financial situation. She’s not a one-off or targeted layoff. Still surprising.
Meezly 09:28 on 2020-08-21 Permalink
A decade ago, when Global News was still going strong, a good friend of mine worked closely with Jamie Orchard as a news producer. I got to hang out with the evening team a few times, they were a great group of people. Jamie would buy her coworkers a round of drinks when they had a good show. She truly loved her job.
Ian 11:24 on 2020-08-21 Permalink
Like Steve Faguy says on Twitter, “Pretty shocking that Global would lay off an anchor like this who has been with the station since it launched.” Indeed.
Michael Black 12:08 on 2020-08-21 Permalink
But I didn’t see anything about a replacement. They have to have somebody, so either hire someone starting out (and hence a lower salary) or it wil be anchored by someone in Toronto, like the late newscast.
Blork 15:23 on 2020-08-21 Permalink
Just a context check: Orchard was one of “dozens” of journalists laid off by Global because they are in a dire financial situation. She’s not a one-off or targeted layoff. Still surprising.