WGN-TV lays off eight on-air reporters and anchors in massive downsizing

The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom.

Eight veteran reporters and anchors were laid off Monday, according to newsroom sources.

Sean Lewis, a nearly two-decade veteran at WGN-TV who has anchored the weekend morning broadcast since 2010, got the bad news Monday afternoon…

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