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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy Independence Day! We celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation, we also celebrate the long history of a nation that would forever protect freedom of the press.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Tens of thousands of The Buffalo News subscribers read the paper online, but thousands also still receive the news in print, delivered to their door. Unfortunately, that print delivery system could be in jeopardy if changes aren't made by Lee Enterprises soon. Our full statement:

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Wonder where The Buffalo News journalists get their scoop or find their angle? Now is your chance to ask! Join us for a free and casual "Meet the Journalists" event at Britesmith Brewing in Buffalo on Wednesday evening, June 17. Enjoy light fare, cash bar and short, fun program!

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Buffalo Newspaper Guild members, along with their friends and family, were proud to march in this year's Buffalo Pride Parade and show our continued support for our diverse community, LGBTQ+ civil rights, and freedom of expression for all!

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Undaunted by rain, Guild members and friends were proud to again join @bnwaterkeeper.bsky.social spring cleanup Saturday, along the Scajaquada shoreline. Everything from discarded bottles to abandoned construction material got hauled to the curb. We believe in protecting our community!

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Due to more cost cutting by Lee Enterprises, the Guild is saying difficult goodbyes to 4 more members: Dale Anderson, Toni Ruberto, Natalie Brophy and Jamal Harris Jr. (not pictured). We thank them for their contributions to The News and wish them well in their next chapter.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Tonight -- The Future of Local Journalism: A Community Conversation 7 p.m., Burchfield Penney Free and open to the public!

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A quick reminder about our event next week. It's important, and it's free and open to the public.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

As the media landscape changes, what local journalists do every day continues to mean a lot to our community. What lies ahead for WNY will be the topic of our event next week, which is free and open to the public. Please join us.

Flyer for Oct. 1 event at Burchfield Penney Art Center sponsored by the Buffalo Newspaper Guild. It's called The Future of Local Journalism: A Community Conversation. Panelists are Maki Becker, Jon Harris, Geoff Kelly, Charles Gilbert and Dave Greber. Elizabeth Licata will serve as moderator. The event is free and open to the public.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The mission of getting vital local news out to the WNY community faces growing obstacles. At our upcoming event, local journalists will discuss current challenges and the efforts to safeguard local journalism for the future. Please join our community conversation.

Flyer for Oct. 1 event at Burchfield Penney "The Future of Local Journalism: A Community Conversation"

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Happy Labor Day from the Guild! We just marched in the Buffalo Central Labor Council and the WNY Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO 2025 Labor Day Parade.

Buffalo Newspaper Guild members march in Buffalo’s Labor Day Parade.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The Buffalo History Museum also released a statement

EVENT POSTPONED-
The Buffalo Newspaper Guild and The Buffalo History Museum have made the decision to postpone tonight’s scheduled program with Adam Zyglis, originally planned as part of the closing events for Ink & Insights: 20 Years of Adam Zyglis Cartoons. This decision follows credible threats related to Mr. Zyglis’ recent work and reflects our shared commitment to the safety and well-being of our guests, staff, and community.

The decision to cancel comes in a moment of tension that underscores, rather than undermines, the very purpose of this exhibit. Ink & Insights was conceived to explore how editorial cartooning shapes—and is shaped by—civic discourse across presidencies, social movements, and defining events in Western New York’s history.

As a Museum, we are committed to the work of historical literacy. We present stories and artifacts that help people make sense of their world—past and present—and we believe that context, complexity, and dialogue are essential to a healthy democracy.
Editorial cartooning has long held a space within that dialogue. It distills big questions into bold images. It is also a form of expression protected by the First Amendment and tested in times of social and political unrest.

We strongly condemn threats of violence against Adam Zyglis or any individual for exercising that right. These tactics have no place in civil society.

We understand that this moment has provoked a range of strong and sometimes conflicting responses. As a Museum, we don’t have all the answers—but we remain committed to holding space for dialogue, especially when it’s difficult. We will work with the Guild to reschedule the program and will share details when available.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Please see our statement about tonight's event at the Buffalo History Museum. Statement also here: buffaloguild.org/wp-content/u...

Buffalo History Museum event postponed after threats of violence made against Buffalo News editorial cartoonist and family

7.10.25 – The Buffalo Newspaper Guild and Buffalo History Museum are postponing a planned happy hour event this evening at the museum in light of serious concerns about public safety and direct threats that have warranted intervention by Buffalo police.

The initial event, “Drawing Support for Local Journalism,” was planned more than a month ago to launch the Guild’s public “Protect Local Journalism” campaign at a museum exhibit highlighting the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis, before the exhibit’s closing.

The free, public and nonpartisan event was intended to promote a message about the need to protect this community by safeguarding a strong, local free press amid pressures being faced by news organizations across the country and here in Western New York.

However, public criticism of an editorial cartoon about Texas flooding published Tuesday in The Buffalo News, and malicious campaigning for individuals to protest and confront Zyglis at this event, has resulted in a series of death threats against Zyglis and a deluge of other direct threats to hurt him and his family.

We wholly condemn the individuals who have chosen to twist a positive, public event into an attempt to terrorize and silence Zyglis, spread fear among journalists and their supporters, and distort the mission of a free press.

Zyglis is an opinion cartoonist who puts his name to every cartoon he draws. While his work is separate and independent from the work of newsroom reporters and editors at The Buffalo News, the Buffalo Newspaper Guild will not stand for physical threats of harm against him and his family. Those who stoop to such cowardly, disgraceful and anonymous acts must be held accountable. The threats made against Zyglis are being forwarded to law enforcement.

Out of an abundance of caution and in the interests of public safety, however, we have decided to postpone the Buffalo History Museum happy hour event. It will be rescheduled. We thank the museum leadership and staff for graciously hosting this event and enduring the needless inconvenience recent events have placed upon them.

The Buffalo News remains the largest news organization in Western New York. Its staff, including members of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, are dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate information to the people who live and work here every day. The spiteful campaign to attack and harm Zyglis represents only one more example of the challenges we face as a community and the need to better communicate and support our vital, public role.

We encourage everyone to speak out against these hateful and illegal intimidation tactics and to support the Guild’s greater mission, found at www.ProtectLocalJournalism.com.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Join us July 10 for “Drawing Support for Local Journalism” - as we mark the closing of @adamzyglis.bsky.social’s Ink & Insight. Come and mingle with hard-working Guild journalists as we celebrate the closing of Zyglis' 20-year exhibition and launch our Support Local Journalism Community Campaign.

Compilation of Adam Zyglis' political cartoons in promotional image for July 10 event at Buffalo History Museum

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride! We had a blast at today’s Buffalo Pride Parade.

Buffalo Newspaper Guild members march down Elmwood Avenue in the Buffalo Pride Parade

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

See everyone Sunday at the Buffalo Pride Parade!

Buffalo Newspaper Guild members march down Elmwood Avenue in 2024 Buffalo Pride Parade

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Every year, our members help with Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper's spring waterfront cleanup. On Saturday morning, we volunteered along Scajaquada Creek in Black Rock. The Guild has participated in the cleanup for many years and we do so in memory of the late Guild leader John “Jay” Bonfatti.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Editor and reporter Scott Scanlon (not pictured in the group shot) worked in Florida and for the Syracuse newspapers for 18 years before arriving at the News in 2004.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Reporter and former arts editor Mark Sommer began working in journalism in the late 1980s and made stops in places including Topeka and Albany before coming to the News in 1999.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Reporter Harold McNeil worked at WEBR and the Niagara Gazette before joining the News in 1989.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Reporter Barb O’Brien worked in radio in Salamanca and Olean before coming to the News in 1984.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Last week, our newsroom and union sadly said goodbye to four veteran journalists. In total, they worked at The Buffalo News for 120 years and in journalism for more than 150 years. Group photo taken Friday: From L, Harold McNeil, Barb O’Brien, Mike McAndrew (he's leaving but not yet) & Mark Sommer.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Our members care about our community. We showed our ongoing commitment on Kids Day when we helped raise $1,153 for Oishei Children’s Hospital/Cradle Beach Camp. We’ve never raised more in one day for these worthy recipients. Thanks to everyone who donated and everybody who volunteered.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

We and United Media Guild represent workers at Lee Enterprises' largest news operations and are shareholders in the company. Today, on the day of Lee's annual shareholder meeting, we call on Lee to start investing in local news and in its digital operations. The company's future depends on it.

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Buffalo Newspaper Guild @buffaloguild.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

We have started negotiations with Buffalo News owner Lee Enterprises for a new contract. Our members continue to produce important work to serve our community and we will continue our fight to #ProtectLocalJournalism. Stay tuned for updates.

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