HUMAN RESOURCES
NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2020
Beauty Amidst Chaos, photo by Rebecca Portis, Mount Airy
MEMO FROM MARK APG Associates, As you’re all undoubtedly aware, we are in the midst of an unprecedented medical and economic crisis. APG’s first priority is the health and well-being of our Associates. To that end, we’ve locked down our buildings to transient and visitation traffic, and continue to aggressively clean our facilities to ensure a safe work environment. We are keeping our facilities open, as news media has been designated by the DHS as an “essential service.” In times like these, “essential” is an understatement. In addition, we’re doing everything we can to avoid job losses, furloughs, and print frequency reductions so that when we cycle out of this, we’re in a position to ramp back up quickly. These interim decisions are painful, I know. The advertising losses are substantial, as most of our preprint customers have suspended their programs, and many of our customers are simply closed for business. Our commercial printing customers have, for the most part, either cut way back or suspended altogether. Tough times, but it’s my belief we will survive our way through this and be well-positioned for the recovery. I’d like to thank each and every one of you for your hard work during this crisis. More to do with fewer hours is an enormous challenge for sure. Most of our communities are without any other local news outlets but ours, and the work that our content teams are doing is even more critical than ever. I firmly believe we’ll get through this by working together. Mark Adams