In the last couple of weeks a virtual avalanche of appalling news about newspapers and their field workers — the species newsosauras, according to one wit — has come down on me.
On a list of best and worst jobs, according to a career agency cited by the WSJ, reporters come in 196th, almost last, well below such glamorous and lucrative occupations as roofing, waitressing, and sheet metal working.
Then there's this charming chart from GeekWire, based on a Pew Study, showing where ad revenue is going today. Not to newspapers, that's for sure:
Not to mention this one, showing the decline in newsroom employees, from an editors group:
Guess I needn't worry about finding free-lance work. Who else will do the job?
Kit Stolz 