These people have poured their lifeblood into those pages. It is their passion. They HAVE to take the separation, because they will all be furloughed with NO payout. When a hedge fund tells you that they appraise your value strictly as the economic burden to THEM and not in appreciation of your work, you get the message. The loss is of an institution that has been a source of information, investigation and civic support for generations. The voices that are featured are not simply there to echo ONE viewpoint, they are there to challenge us to expand our minds. Differing views expand our understanding. Who EVER cheers for the end of a vital free press? It is what keeps society accountable. People who WATCH their news, or grab it in tweets and social media are only grasping the epidermal layer of what is happening in the world. We need journalism to continue the tradition of examining the world from 360 degrees. I am hoping that the newer generation of Tribune employees will continue to dig, speak truth to power, and become people whose observations we enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As top editor of the Chicago Tribune for eight tumultuous years, Gerry Kern led the city's premier legacy news organization through a protracted bankruptcy, a major downsizing of staff and a solid commitment to local news, investigative reporting and digital advancement. Now, five years after he retired, Kern, 71, is watching from the sidelines as... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30060"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30086,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30060\/revisions\/30086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}