Marching to Alden headquarters | Photo by Tania Barricklo

 

On May 8, Digital First Media journalists rallied in New York City and Denver to tell Alden Global Capital executives to get their vulture hedge fund out of the news business. Others showed support at DFM papers in Trenton, Michigan, Minnesota and upstate New York.

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Rising up in Denver. | John Leyba
Reporter George Kelly. Photo by Julie Reynolds
Daily Freeman representing in NYC! Photo Arial Zangla
Trentonian staff writers (L to R) David Foster, Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman, Penny Ray and Isaac Avilucea stand with their brothers and sisters at The Denver Post in their fight against Alden Global.
Staff at the Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) in solidarity on May 8 tell Alden to Invest or Sell.
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Denver Post reporter Joe Rubino lends his voice to a protest outside Alden Global Capitol headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Denver Post reporter Noelle Phillips on the set of Democracy Now! Photo by Tania Barricklo
Current and former Denver Post staff and supporters rally against Alden Global Capital outside the paper’s office and printing plant in north Denver. (Photo by Patrick Traylor)
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Reporter George Kelly of the East Bay Times calls out the shame of the Alden Global Capitol owners in their headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Journalists protested Alden’s chop-shop tactics in May 2018. Tania Barricklo
Daily Freeman representing in NYC! Photo Arial Zangla
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
News media covering the NYC rally. Photo by Tania Barricklo
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
Staff at the Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) in solidarity on May 8 tell Alden to Invest or Sell.
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Guild members from The Macomb Daily and Daily Tribune of Royal Oak unit, in suburban Detroit on May 8.
Journalists from Digital First Media papers protest their owners, Alden Global Capitol, outside their headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Current and former Denver Post staff and supporters rally against Alden Global Capital outside the paper’s office and printing plant in north Denver. (Photo by Patrick Traylor)
Photo by Tania Barricklo
DFM journalists Thomas Peele, Karl Mondon, and George Kelly flew 3000 miles to protest at Alden Global Capitol headquarters last May. | Karl Mondon
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Investigative reporter Thomas Peele of the East Bay Times is stopped by building security attempting to deliver petitions to Alden Global Capitol at their headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Julie Reynolds
Rising up at a past rally in Denver. | Photo by John Leyba
Former Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett, center, speaks to members of the media on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 outside the paper’s office and printing plant in north Denver. Photo by Patrick Traylor
Crowd at the Denver Post rally. Photo by Dani Day
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Denver Post employees rally in Colorado. Photo by Laurie Faliano.
Denver Post employees rally in Colorado. Photo by Laurie Faliano
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
A box of petitions are delivered to Alden Global Capitol at their headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Guild members from The Macomb Daily and Daily Tribune of Royal Oak unit, in suburban Detroit on May 8.
Staff at the St. Paul Pioneer Press show their support for Denver Post and other journalists delivering the truth to Alden.
Photo by Julie Reynolds
Denver Post reporter Kieran Nicholson lends his voice to a protest outside Alden Global Capitol headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Daily Freeman representing in NYC! Photo Arial Zangla
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
Staff at the Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) in solidarity on May 8 tell Alden to Invest or Sell.
Daily Freeman representing in NYC! Photo Arial Zangla
Photo by Arial Zangla
Reporter Thomas Peele carrying 11,000 letters to Alden. Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Staff at the Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) in solidarity on May 8 tell Alden to Invest or Sell.
News media covering the NYC rally. Photo by Tania Barricklo
On the set of Democracy Now! Photo by Tania Barricklo
Journalists from Digital First Media papers protest their owners, Alden Global Capitol, outside their headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)
Staff at the Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) in solidarity on May 8 tell Alden to Invest or Sell.
News media covering the NYC rally. Photo by Tania Barricklo
Photo by Tania Barricklo
Current and former Denver Post staff and supporters rally against Alden Global Capital in 2016 | Photo by Patrick Traylor
Thomas Peele | Ariel Zangla
Denver Post reporter John Wenzel, center, speaks to members of the media on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 outside the paper’s office and printing plant in north Denver. (Photo by Patrick Traylor)
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
News media covering the NYC rally. Photo by Tania Barricklo
News media covering the NYC rally. Photo by Tania Barricklo
Staff at the Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) in solidarity on May 8 tell Alden to Invest or Sell.
Denver Post employees rally in Colorado. Photo by Laurie Faliano
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
Current and former Denver Post staff and supporters rally against Alden Global Capital outside the paper’s office and printing plant in north Denver. (Photo by Patrick Traylor)
Rising up in Denver. | By John Leyba
News media covering the NYC rally. Photo by Tania Barricklo
Elizabeth Hernandez of The Denver Post signs a group letter to Alden in New York City. | Julie Reynolds
Journalists from Digital First Media papers protest their owners, Alden Global Capitol, outside their headquarters in New York City, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photograph by Karl Mondon)