“The paper is dying" https://t.co/i6scC5kYRM
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 30, 2020
Layoffs have pummeled U.S. newspapers in recent years. https://t.co/LadbmG2ur6 pic.twitter.com/F9IwK1Tjgm
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) April 29, 2020
U.S. newspapers shed 51% of their newsroom employees between 2008 and 2019 – a period that predates a fresh round of layoffs driven by the coronavirus economic downturn. https://t.co/pcIdRjakQd pic.twitter.com/GNNIrCGb38
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) April 27, 2020
Thank you to @brianstelter @ReliableSources @ProducerDiane & @CNN for having me on the show to talk about struggles facing local news. The @journalsentinel and other newspapers around the country are working hard to tell important stories. pic.twitter.com/ilIJHbQptr
— Mary Spicuzza (@MSpicuzzaMJS) April 26, 2020
Every day, more furloughs at newspapers across the USA. Today it's Tribune Publishing: 3-week furloughs for non-union employees "who are paid an annual base salary between $40,000 and $67,000." Most higher-paid employees (who were just hit with a pay reduction) aren't affected.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 21, 2020
This thread on the terrible toll on journalists and journalism https://t.co/qt4cLVQrGI
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) April 18, 2020
In 2008, newspaper newsroom employees made up about six-in-ten (62%) of all newsroom employees. By 2019, the share had dropped to four-in-ten (40%). pic.twitter.com/y3zpLgNgAJ
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) April 20, 2020
The loss of local news around the country is so devastating https://t.co/roTzr4661Q
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) April 17, 2020
We cut everybody's salary @dallasnews today. I hate that we had to do it, but I'm grateful that our company found ways to share the burden and invest in the future. Damn, I love these journalists. They'll never stop fighting and I won't either.https://t.co/hN0N9nVdMh
— Just Another Mike Wilson (@mWilstory) April 6, 2020
Sad! 