Author: The NewsGuild-CWA

The Denver Newspaper Guild has supported successful organizing at 25 workplaces over the past decade, recently winning representation for workers at Out Nebraska, Blue Bench and Nebraska Appleseed. As the local expands it’s looking to add a local organizer to its staff.

Last week all seven journalists at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa. asked local management to voluntarily recognize their union after McClatchy, the newspaper’s owner, began placing journalists’ bylines on stories written by artificial intelligence.

McClatchy agreed to have an independent party review the union cards signed by workers and compare that to staff lists. Six McClatchy newsrooms have unionized in as many years and each one was voluntarily recognized by the company. 

The NewsGuild (TNG-CWA), a sector of the Communications Workers of America, is hiring a Communications Coordinator to organize and oversee the internal and external communications for the largest union of journalists and media workers in North America. TNG-CWA also represents workers in nonprofits, publishing, interpretation and labor unions. The position is currently open and the application deadline is May 22, 2026.

Job Title/Position: Communications Coordinator
Salary Range: $80,312.20 – $134,652.19 / year
Job Location: Washington, D.C.

This is a full-time position for a Communications Coordinator and based in Washington, D.C. The coordinator will work under the direction of The NewsGuild-CWA president and will serve as the principal media strategist. They’ll coordinate communications with journalists, monitor social media accounts, oversee the operation of newsguild.org, write and edit posts, produce and distribute press releases, oversee distribution of bi-weekly newsletter to members and supporters, provide support to TNG-CWA locals, amplify campaigns among bargaining units, provide comms training and oversee internal messaging systems. Additionally the coordinator will provide support during strikes, pickets and other collective actions, such as shooting photographs or video.

Update: Management voluntarily recognized the union formed by Cap Times reporters on May 7, 2026.

MADISON, Wis. — Reporters at The Cap Times announced April 30 they have formed a union and are seeking voluntary recognition from newspaper management. The Cap Times News Guild includes all of the news organization’s reporters, making up the entirety of union eligible workers on staff.

Members of the Cap Times News Guild organizing committee presented Cap Times President and Publisher Paul Fanlund, Editor Mark Treinen and other members of Cap Times management with a request for voluntary recognition after 100% of eligible editorial staff signed authorization cards, signaling their desire to be recognized as members of the newspaper’s union.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said journalists, protestors and legal observers are likely to succeed on their First Amendment claims against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for retaliatory use of force during ongoing protests against federal immigration actions in Southern California. 

The NewsGuild-CWA joined a lawsuit in June against DHS and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem filed by the ACLU of Southern California with the Los Angeles Press Club, journalists, legal observers and others.