The recent round of layoffs, while pronounced, are part of a much larger and unrelenting storm battering the journalism industry.
Over the past 18 months, most news organizations have been forced to make difficult decisions to reduce their workforces.
“I am sorry to say that I do not see turning around most legacy outlets,” Jeff Jarvis, the Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, told CNN.
Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, noted some local news outlets have found financial sustainability.
“There are reasons to be optimistic given the hundreds of independent local news organizations that have sprouted up in recent years,” he said.
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