Understand that managers direct the concept of change and set the course, but that the rank and file employees actually carry it out. Look at that as an opportunity to take a role in making your job or your area work better for you and your co-workers. Fundamental change in the newsroom is not something that happens and is completed. It is an ongoing process that evolves once the fundamentals are in place and everyone understands the general course. Don't accept the problems that come with change as mandates that can't be fixed.
Communication is what makes the process of change work.
Communication should be what journalists do best. Use your job skills to understand what is happening and to have an impact on making it work the best it can. Journalism is built on fundamental principles. Employees have an obligation to speak out if they feel the change process is threatening those fundamental principles. This goes back to communication.