The State of the Newspaper Industry

Here are some recent headlines on the National Press Photographer’s website concerning layoffs in the newspaper industry:

  • Newsroom Cuts, Workers’ Hours Reduced, In Pacific Northwest 
  • It Gets Worse: McClatchy Cuts Another 1,150 Jobs; Star-Ledger Publisher Threatens Closure
  • News & Observer Cuts 53 More Jobs In Raleigh
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Planning Company-Wide Layoffs
  • Spokesman-Review Cuts 25 More From Newsroom; Editor Resigns
  • More Deep Cuts Coming At LA Times?
  • Sarasota Herald-Tribune Cuts 20 More Jobs
  • Tampa Photographers Told To “Reapply” For Their Jobs
  • Los Angeles Times Cutting 250 More Jobs
  • Baltimore Sun Cutting 100 Jobs
  • Hartford Courant To Cut 60 Newsroom Jobs

With Newspaper advertising revenue expected to decline a record 11.5% to $40.1 billion this year, according Newspaper Association of America, it may only get worse.

The question for this week is: What are newspaper photojournalists doing to prepare for the possibility of becoming unemployed? Or, for the ones who have been laid off, how are you coping and how are you adapting?

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