cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36423623
Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.
Not this time. Not anymore.
Source: IGN Union on Bluesky.
My bet is: you can’t reliably fire unionised workers, so you make them want to quit instead.
The IGN newsroom is a joke, name one reputable journalist you are SURE works there without checking first, and I’ll be genuinely surprised, the only value is in the brandname, their coverage can probably be replaced by some LLM horseshit with nobody really noticing.
The higher ups know it, the journos know it (hence why they unionised) and thus they’re at an impasse.
Once they inevitably lose this standoff they’ll be replaced by third-worlder english speakers with chatgpt, mark my words.
Rebekah Valentine is a top tier games journalist doing reporting for IGN.
Noted, I didn’t even know she existed. What are some good articles she wrote for IGN that you’d recommend?
I don’t expect IGN to keep anyone on the writing team but it’s good to know good authors.