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.”
In regards to the above, check out the Superman cartoon on pg. 43 in the Oct. 25th New Yorker.