The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel announced it was trimming two sections, in notes to readers Tuesday.
The affected sections are Health and Opinion.
The action is likely the first shoe to drop at a time of newsroom cutbacks and prior to a merger with E. W. Scripps.
Tuesday marked the last Health section, according to the note. National and local health stories will continue to appear “in other parts of the newspaper.”
Philip Chard’s “Out of My Mind” column will move to Sunday Tap; the Pulse column will appear online; and the new CDS column moves to the daily Tap section.
No mention was made of the fate of sportswriter Lori Nickel’s “Chin Up” column, the health and activity calendar and the syndicated television question and answer column.
A note on the opinion page from editorial page editor David D. Haynes said coverage would be reduced to “one page of commentary Monday through Friday.”
Four pages of opinion will continue to appear on Sunday “and we will continue to host and be part of a robust discussion in print” and on-line.
Readers “will find an array of commentary including editorials, blogs and op-eds” exclusively on-line, where Haynes provided further information on changes, which include “fewer editorials.”
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