Newspapers are shrinking

The halving of America’s newspapers has already happened. It only gets worse from here. My column https://t.co/iaVIpLzCI0

— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) August 5, 2018

Over nine years, newsrooms shrank by 23%.https://t.co/jZBAdgof8v

— Axios (@axios) August 5, 2018

Since 2000, newspapers shed 241,000 jobs. The entire coal industry employs only 50,000 miners. https://t.co/IbOp43aSrw pic.twitter.com/gMMBJtwDPY

— Bradford Pearson (@BradfordPearson) July 24, 2018

All the newspaper reporters in America today can fit inside the Phillies ballpark, with a few extra seats for friends and family. https://t.co/dJDxOgC8GI

— Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) July 31, 2018

Newspapers have already laid off workers bc of the 30% tariff on Canadian newsprint. One paper calls it ‘a massive new tax that punishes private businesses and disproportionately harms rural Americans.’ https://t.co/y1pts24PF3 https://t.co/lbSUhiGZoN

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) August 2, 2018

% of U.S. news outlets that experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018 according to news coverage
36% of newspapers
23% of digital-native news outletshttps://t.co/0oZtpWLeN6 pic.twitter.com/v3ju0gRMbt

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) July 24, 2018

% of newspapers that experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018 according to news coverage, by circulation
250K+: 56%
100k-249,999: 36
50K-99,999: 30https://t.co/0oZtpWLeN6 pic.twitter.com/FQcVe3J2eD

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) July 23, 2018

Trump paper tariffs have forced layoffs at over 100 local newspapers, and even more have cut back on number of pages. Polls show local journalism is the most trusted news source for Americans; these tariffs are costing jobs and eroding an irreplaceable community resource https://t.co/pcJWjXVSFF

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) August 24, 2018