Top editor at the Detroit Free Press quits to preserve jobs of journalists who work for him.

“I made the decision to lay myself off in the interest of saving other jobs,” says @[email protected]

(Disclosure: He’s a good friend and college classmate)

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2022/12/23/peter-bhatia-editor-of-the-detroit-free-press/69753858007/

Peter Bhatia, editor of the Detroit Free Press, stepping down amid layoff talk

Bhatia, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, joined the Freep in September 2017.

The Detroit News

@BGrueskin Thank you for sharing this piece; I didn’t know his name. I’ll be interested to see what he does next. His acceptance speech here is a #MustWatch. #Exemplary #Leadership #Journalism #PeterBhatia

https://nationalpress.org/award-winner/peter-bhatia/

Peter Bhatia

National Press Foundation