Journalism Job Cuts Haven’t Been This Bad Since the Recession(bloomberg.com)

9 pointsby smacktowardvor 7 Jahren4 comments

Journalism Job Cuts Haven’t Been This Bad Since the Recession

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-01/journalism-layoffs-are-at-the-highest-level-since-last-recession

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jtr1vor 7 Jahren

The fourth estate is critical infrastructure to a functioning democracy. I know that in the US, we've kind of accepted a certain level of decay in the system, but I can't see how this does anything but accelerate the transition of the US into a more openly anti-democratic oligarchy.

We desperately need alternative models to ad-funded journalism. The two main alternatives seem to be state funding and patronage, both of which have difficulty shoring up a wide perception of legitimacy and independence. I'd love to see more organizations pursuing a model like The Correspondent, where readers are given more involvement in the production of news in exchange for higher subscription charges (or perhaps we could begin to think of them as member dues).

What models have others come across that seem promising?

zcidvor 7 Jahren

A lot of people like myself just don't care anymore. I don't know a single publication that I really trust anymore. All of them have heavy bias or just outright lie.

As important as the idea of journalism is, the institution itself is rotten. I'd like to think faith can be restored, but if anything changes, it'll probably be for the worse.

babyslothzoovor 7 Jahren

Are these actual reporting and investigate journalism jobs?

Or are these the type of "journalism" jobs that produce all of the endless "16 cat pics you won't believe" and anger/outrage clickbait rubbish?

The former is very important, whereas the latter won't be missed by anyone and shouldn't even be considered journalism.

Provenvor 7 Jahren

cryofanvor 7 Jahren

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