05.13.2009 1:46 pm

Survey of newspapers reflects widespread cuts in staff, sections, pay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A survey of newsroom leaders across the country documents that newspapers have taken multiple steps to cope with economic challenges.

The Associated Press Managing Editors group asked: “In which of the following ways has your newsroom changed since January 2008? (check all…

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04.17.2009 11:08 am

Survey of newsrooms finds that 5,900 lost jobs last year

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“American daily newspapers shed 5,900 newsroom jobs last year, reducing their employment of journalists by 11.3 percent to the levels of the early 1980s,” the American Society of News Editors reports in its annual survey of newsrooms.

ASNE reports that the percentage…

Tags: American Society of News Editors, ASNE, Charlotte Hall, daily newspapers, diversity, journalists, minorities, newspapers, newsroom jobs, newsrooms

Survey of newspapers reflects widespread cuts in staff, sections, pay

Survey of newsrooms finds that 5,900 lost jobs last year

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