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   A third of journalism jobs disappeared, says report
A study has revealed that the number of jobs in journalism has shrunk by between a quarter and a third within the UK newspaper industry in the last year. The ‘Laid Off’ report, principally authored by Francois Nel, director of the journalism leaders programme at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, in collaboration with journalism.co.uk, highlights the experiences of 144 journalists who responded to the initial 32-item questionnaire. “Changes in technologies, consumer preferences and demographics, along with dire economic conditions, continue to squeeze the media industry, putting news workers – journalists, sub-editors, designers and photographers, even editors and management – out of jobs,” the report says. By reviewing further studies which has taken into account the number of job losses within the industry since 2001, the report also estimates that around 20,000 journalism job cuts have been made, with around 40,000 still working in the industry with the largest number losing their jobs on regional daily newspapers. Three out of five respondents who had lost their jobs were managers and production staff, while the bulk of those who had lost their jobs on regional daily newspapers were reporters. Source: The Drum Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
