March 10, 2009

Transition from print to online leading to less journalism jobs?

In a comment on Ken Doctor's thesis, that 22 is the ideal staff size for a news room, Jack Lail says: "By nearly every estimate, surviving the cataclysm of going from print+online to online only will mean a dramatically smaller number of journalism jobs in U.S. newspaper newsrooms (and that's understated)."

I'm sure the number of people performing classic journalistic work will decrease - but not necessarily the overall staff size associated with a brand. Instead, jobs keep getting more diversified - not only, but especially in journalism.

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