It has been a wild week for Corus Entertainment and various divisions of Global News, and now, laid-off employees are taking to social media to make their voices heard.

This week, on Wednesday, we learned that some folks employed by Global's digital web and community news teams were being laid off. On Thursday, we heard more about the impacts of job cuts at Global News, including significant reductions at Global Okanagan.

More layoffs reportedly hit Global News in "dark day for journalism"https://t.co/pZzqORtSHy

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"I don't know what's next for me," Paula Tran, a laid-off Global News employee, shared on X yesterday. "All I know is I don't want to leave journalism, whatever that may look like. I’ll miss my former coworkers dearly."

After more than 2 years at Corus, I was one of many journalists who were laid off yesterday.

My heart breaks for my colleagues who were laid off, and for those who now have to "do more with less".

For those of you who have followed my stories, thank you. That means a lot.

— Paula Tran 陳寶拉 (@paulatr12) July 18, 2024

She added her gratitude to her former colleagues.

"Y'all were a great team to work with, and I know y'all will continue to do excellent work."

David Moscrop, a writer with bylines at several major Canadian news publications, responded.

"This is absolutely wretched news. I'm so sorry to hear this. You and your colleagues deserve better. Whichever outlet hires you — and it ought to be soon — will be the beneficiary of Corus's vandalism," he said.

Another reporter shared her condolences, saying "So sorry to hear this Paula, what an insensible decision and huge loss for Global."

"Baby's first layoff," yet another laid-off Global reporter said on X.

Many responses poured in with further condolences.

"Really sorry to hear you're experiencing this. Sadly, too many of us have been there," a reporter said in reaction.

Additionally, we learned more about the mindset behind the changes earlier this week.

Aaron I am sorry to hear you are another member of the team cut. I was named in the last round. My last day is Aug 28.
Good luck to you going forward to bigger and better

— TvPhotoJake (@jakebrad77) July 18, 2024

In a leaked memo, Ward Smith, Senior Vice-President at the Canadian news organization, said the Kelowna changes are part of Corus's new focus, which has also involved two Ontario news broadcasts.

"In the News division, we have reimagined our broadcast schedule in Kingston, Peterborough and Kelowna with a focus on supper hour and late-night weekday news programming," he said in an email this week.

"Global News will continue to produce provincial, national and international news coverage in these markets during weekends on television and our news streaming channels."