To put things in perspective: After decades of layoffs, there were 88K newsroom jobs by the end of 2019, counting digital. According to the NYT, there have been ~36k lost jobs since then. There is now approximately one mid-sized town worth of journalists covering the entire US.
— Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) May 15, 2020
Monday, May 18, 2020
Journalism Stats
For those people who say the press is pushing this virus to further an agenda, think again. (Or think for the first time). This pandemic is hurting the journalism profession as much or more than any other industry...
