From an article in Editor & Publisher: “Since the financial meltdown began a year ago, journalism jobs have gone away at almost three times the rate jobs have disappeared in the general economy, according to a report by Unity: Journalists of Color. Unity’s 2009 Layoff Tracker Report shows an average 22% increase from month to month in journalism jobs lost from September 2008 through August 2009. The general economy lost jobs at an average monthly pace of about 8% during that time, according to Unity. . . .News media, including newspapers, broadcast and digital, have shed 35,885 jobs since Sept. 15, 2008, according to Unity’s tracking report. The great majority of jobs lost — 24,511 — were in newspaper and other print journalism, Unity said. Since Unity began tracking job losses on Jan. 1, 2008, the news industry has shed 46,599 jobs, it said.”