An Idaho newspaper editor struggled to get Excel access for staff. After tweeting about it, she was fired.

Lords’ tweet, since deleted, read: “We’re now fighting with @mcclatchy IT to get excel added to an investigative reporter’s laptop. To review census data. At some point, this death by 1,000 cuts has to stop. Support your local newspapers, people. Get a digital subscription. This is genuinely what we are up against.”

“To fire an editor for advocating for resources and encouraging people to subscribe is a remarkably disappointing decision by McClatchy management,” the union’s letter to McClatchy said. “This is a devastating blow to the morale of our newsroom.”