• by Ray Schultz , November 3, 2024

TheHonolulu Star-Advertiser will lay off 5% of its staff -- 13 people, including six members of its newsroom team -- according to local media reports. 

Among those who are losing their jobs are two photographers who covered the Maui fires. 

The owner, Oahu Publications, Inc. (OPI was acquired by Carpenter Media Group earlier this year.

The deal included the Star-Advertiser and several other publications.

“While job loss decisions are difficult to make, the evolution of newspaper journalism has hit everyone in the industry hard, and for OPI to remain the Hawaii-produced paper our community relies on, we must maintain a resilient financial business,” says Dennis Francis, president and CEO of the Star-Advertiser, Island News reports.