The New York Times has recently announced that it will cut 100 people from its newsroom in the forms of layoffs and buyouts and by not filling spots that have emptied up. This is just part of a pattern of newspapers who are either cutting back or laying off editors (a lot of the time, copy editors...) due to the increasing pressures of the media market.
I don't know how many of us are planning on going into the reporting avenue or the editing avenue, but regardless, these layoffs are only likely to get worse as the Web continues its popularity with how people get their news.
What can we as students do to prepare ourselves and make ourselves marketable for a job? I'm not sure there's a clear-cut answer to that, but I can only hope that the market improves sometime soon... (not likely).
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/business/media/15times.html?ei=5065&en=6e060f6964c7525f&ex=1203742800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2008/02/can-newspapers-afford-editors.html
Monday, February 18, 2008
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The only thing remotely encouraging I can say is that Web sites are increasingly aware of the need for trained journalists -- especially editors/copy editors -- to work with copy that comes in quickly and is published with more speed than was ever possible in a print genre. Online news grew out of circulation and marketing departments; it is more and more the province of journalists. That is my message of hope, for what it's worth. And I should also mention that news publications aren't just the old standards anymore; there's room for innovation and talent. But the point remains: downsizing isn't doing journalism or journalists any good at all.
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