A thank you from the PR industry to journalists impacted by redundancies
Recently, more than 500 News Corp employees were impacted by redundancies, as the print versions of more than 100 regional and community titles were axed, and 14 titles shuttered altogether. Here, Kerryn Anker thanks those journalists.
Dark times have fallen across the media industry over the past few weeks. More than 100 News Corp regional and community titles will no longer produce print editions, instead moving to digital-only formats. On top of this, 14 titles will cease to exist. Its women’s network, Whimn, is gone. As is Buzzfeed, 10 Daily, and a slew of regional papers.
As a former journalist who started my cadetship at a country newspaper, my condolences go to the 500+ journalists who have now lost their jobs due to News Corp’s latest closures. For many of them, telling the news isn’t simply a job, it runs in their blood.
Community newspapers have always been a wonderful source of news and information, telling real community stories that impacted the local region and the people that live there. Journalists understood the power of words and the messages they were conveying.
Good read. Sorry to see trained journalists, guided by media law and ethics, replaced by mindless Tweeters and social media “influencers”.