According to this post, newspapers might be next in line for a government bailout.
I’d hate to think about a world without newspapers, and as many in the industry have pointed out, the future of the medium isn’t too bright. There have been predictions of the death of newspapers for years, and it always seemed like something that could never really happen. However, over the last few weeks on a journalism school alumni listserv I belong to, there have been tons of posts from recently laid-off journalists. Alternative weeklies have eliminated positions, or sometimes, whole departments. Daily newspapers have done away with certain beats. Some international papers have eliminated coverage of entire countries.
But, is a government bailout the answer? I’d argue that most journalists, even the ones who just lost their jobs, would rather be unemployed than witness government-controlled media in America.
