NationalWorld.com staff say morale at ‘rock bottom’ in letter to HR

Rounds of compulsory and voluntary redundancies have hit the national news site in recent months.

The Leeds headquarters of National World, which has been approached for a takeover bid by Media Concierge. — National World plc headquarters in Leeds. Picture: Google Streetview

Journalists at NationalWorld’s national news website have said morale within their team is at “rock bottom” in a letter to the company’s HR department.

The problems at NationalWorld.com, they claimed, are in part caused by a drop in the number of managers, which they said has also led to chronically late publication of stories.

The site was launched in March 2021 and in the past few months has seen a wave of departures.

Bron Maher

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Bron Maher is Press Gazette's senior reporter, covering US and UK media. He joined Press Gazette in November 2021 from Newsguard, a US start-up that reviews how far news sites adhere to journalistic standards.