According to a report by journalist Gil Mishali, management at Channel 13 News has summoned several reporters and employees across various departments to the start of a dismissal process, amid ongoing staff departures and an internal reorganization aimed at boosting the broadcaster ahead of the upcoming elections.
Management at Channel 13 News has reportedly summoned several reporters and staff members for pre-firing hearings, as part of an internal reorganization aimed at strengthening the newsroom ahead of the upcoming elections. The report, published by journalist Gil Mishali, notes that despite a prolonged wave of resignations in recent years, the current move includes actual layoffs — not just natural attrition. Channel 13’s management, quoted in the report, denied that this constitutes a broad 'wave of layoffs,' describing the process instead as a 'fine-tuning' of the workforce to align with the organization's journalistic goals. The broadcaster's editorial leadership stated that the objective is to become 'the leading, most kicking and relevant news system in Israel.' The development comes against the backdrop of a prior report from earlier this week (June 18) that similar summons had been issued — an item The Zioneer noted as an unsourced circulation at the time.
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