Staff working for the Huddersfield Examiner are upset that the paper's owner, Trinity Mirror, is to close the town centre office from next week.
Members of the Examiner's National Union of Journalists' chapel have written to the editor, Roy Wright, to say they "strongly oppose" the closure.
Since June 2011, the paper's headquarters have been located on an industrial estate on the fringes of the town. To compensate, a small office was opened in the centre, which gave the title a presence for reader inquiries and the taking of adverts.
The NUJ's letter says the closure will tend to nurture a feeling among the community of the Examiner being "out of sight and out of mind>
It goes on to say: "No town centre office, no print hall, no bright orange Examiner vans zipping about town and no visible staff?… This is clearly at odds with the statements of Mark Hollinshead [Trinity Mirror's newspaper chief], who said he wanted Trinity Mirror papers to be close to their communities."
Sources: NUJ/Huddersfield Examiner
