ABP drops editor position in budget-cutting move

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Associated Baptist Press (ABP) will eliminate one of its six staff positions at the end of the year for financial reasons.

The move will leave news editor Bob Allen, a nine-year ABP employee, without a job as of Dec. 31. Faced with a projected $40,000 deficit for 2002 and a reduced budget for 2003, ABP’s board of directors voted unanimously to eliminate the news editor position. Executive Editor Greg Warner will assume responsibility for the daily news operation.

The organization’s revenues dropped 16 percent in 2001 to $569,547 and are expected to dip another 3 percent by the end of 2002, board members were told.