Gannett is experiencing a mass exodus among top execs. Here’s who has left.

Posted Thursday, May 11, 2023 9:47 am

Angela Fu | Poynter

USA TODAY’s vice president and executive editor of news and initiatives Kristen Go will be leaving Friday, making her the eighth high-ranking editor or executive to depart Gannett in the last six months.

The company, which underwent several rounds of cuts last year, has experienced a mass exodus among top leadership. In November, president of Gannett Media and USA TODAY publisher Maribel Perez Wadsworth announced she would be leaving at the end of the year. A wave of departures followed, including president of Gannett’s news division and USA TODAY editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll and senior vice president of local news and audience development Amalie Nash.

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