Shifting to online has its faults, including losing the opportunity to serve communities that rely on print for cost, lack of technology and habit. I counted at least 50 publications that cut print in one way or another, through temporary cuts, decreases in days or the total shift to online. In Florida and Arkansas, at least, the shift led to a surprising result.
My colleague, Rick Edmonds, wrote about the success of e-editions at the Tampa Bay Times and The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, where the e-edition was valuable before the pandemic.
Two upsides — newsrooms were able to show just how essential they are to their local communities, especially in the early stages of the pandemic.
Plus the pace of necessary change was accelerated. Initiatives that were expected to spread out over a year or two got done in a month or two. There are a lot of examples in the layoffs list of newsrooms that reported on their own layoffs and on the companies that own them. I have personally heard from editors who covered their own news. But we did not always get that level of transparency from some big media companies, including Gannett , Lee , and MediaNews Group.
Anything less hurts their own credibility. Newsrooms deserve to be held accountable for our ethics, choices, value and priorities, she said, including our news coverage, business decisions and staffing. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, right?
Open up the curtains, and invite that sunlight in. And their guesses will likely not be flattering. What impact did the layoffs have on journalists of color, young journalists, veteran journalists, women? We know that JOCs — particularly female JOCs — are typically underpaid compared with white male counterparts of equivalent experience. What makes me hopeful is that multiple prominent newsrooms have added top-level editors whose priority is to elevate diversity, equity and inclusion.
If they are given the resources to be successful in those roles, the impact in will be a slew of hires who can report on diverse communities with greater accuracy and compassion. That makes her wonder: Did the uncertainty of the industry push them out or was it something more? Are they having an impact? Are they feeling heard?
I captured as many as I could confirm, but I know I missed a lot. If you see omissions, please let me know. I get this question a lot. People point to The New York Times April number of 37, , but that number includes everything — layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs. I counted a little more than 4, layoffs and job cuts from my list. The irony is that while battering journalism, the pandemic has also underlined the need for reliable local news.
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