Newspaper jobs being cut

This is nothing new for journalists, but newsrooms jobs across the nation are being cut. 2,400 jobs were cut within newsrooms last year – the biggest cut in 30 years, according to a 2007 census report distributed by the American Society of Newspaper Edtiors.

As far as the media goes, there will always be something to report on, therefore there will always be reporters. But how the information reaches the general public is still up in the air.

Circulation numbers for newspapers have been down in past years and seem to be dropping by the day. But online news employment at newspapers, reported for the first time last year, held roughly steady at 1,700.

Since 1990, the newsroom total has fallen by 4,300 full-time professionals. It had gone up and down throughout the 90s but hit a downfall at the turn of the century.

On the upside, minority numbers within newsrooms have been up – now at 13.5% compared to just 7.02% 20 years ago.