Advance Publications laid off 600 employees. Gannett offered buyouts to 665. Back in 2009, McClatchy showed 1,600 employees the door.
The move to digital is irreversible, not to mention essential, for the survival of journalism, but how can an important institution like The Times-Picayune cut half of its newsroom staff and claim the journalism won’t be diminished?
More corruption will go unnoticed, more people will be taken advantage of without us knowing about it, and you and I collectively will pay the price.
This would be a great time to be a political cartoonist, if only someone were willing to hire one.
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