TVO confirms handful of editorial layoffs

By Connie Thiessen TVO has confirmed it’s laid off nine staff on its editorial team, but is not cancelling any journalism programming. John Ferri, vice president of programming and content at the Ontario public broadcaster, confirmed in a statement released to Cartt sister publication Broadcast Dialogue that the layoffs impact five members of the web team, two managers and two other positions out of an editorial staff of 70. “We have not cancelled any of our journalism broadcast programming,” said Ferri. “In fact, we just launched an entirely new weekly show last Sunday called Big (If True) with journalist Molly...