By Maira Magro
Since Crítica, of Buenos Aires, stopped circulating April 29, its 190 reporters, editors, photographers and other workers have done all they can to keep their jobs. They have organized protests and meetings and have occupied the newsroom 24-7 for three months. This week they refused to comply with a court eviction order issued by the magistrate in charge of the bankruptcy process of the company, according to the Facebook campaign “Salvemos al Diario Critica”, or Let's Save the Crítica Newspaper." (Also see the campaign blog).Clarín. The employees of Crítica also asked to be able to stay in the newsroom until an agreement about their jobs was reached. According to La Nación, a judge granted the workers another 72 hours.
La Nación reported that according to unconfirmed accounts, the negotiations for Crítica to be bought by the Olmos group (owner of the newspaper Crónica) have not advanced, but the possibility exists for Crítica employees to transfer.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
