by jpitney | Feb 14, 2024 | Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists
Johanna Alonso at Inside Higher Ed: Jason Brummond is the publisher of one of the largest newspapers in Iowa, The Daily Iowan, an independent student newspaper with an audience of about 50,000 that is run by 100 student employees and a small professional staff. Still,...
by jpitney | Feb 3, 2024 | Elections, Journalism, Journalists
CMC alum Cameron Joseph at The Columbia Journalism Review The old saying “All politics is local” can officially be tossed in the dustbin of history. The local kingmakers and specific issues that used to dominate early-state primaries and caucuses don’t matter as much...
by jpitney | Feb 2, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
The hits keep coming. Will Sommer at WP: The Wall Street Journal took a hatchet to its Washington bureau on Thursday, laying off roughly 20 staffers in a restructuring that adds to a brutal start to 2024 for the journalism industry. The cuts focused on the bureau’s...
by jpitney | Feb 1, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
Justin Baragona at The Daily Beast: Troubled digital media startup The Messenger will shut down operations less than a year after its much-ballyhooed launch, suddenly leaving nearly 300 employees out of a job, a source with knowledge told The Daily Beast. In an...
by jpitney | Jan 29, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
Jack Shafer at Politico: It would be far too dramatic to extrapolate from the disastrous week that journalism itself is dying. The New York Times is healthy. Thanks to good management and demographically vigorous readerships, the Boston Globe and Minneapolis Star...
by jpitney | Jan 27, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
Todd Spangler at Variety: In the latest wave of layoffs to hit the digital media biz, Business Insider said it will cut 8% of its staff in a restructuring aimed at positioning the company for growth. Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng announced the job cuts in a memo...
