The Anniston Star had one layoff, one early retirement and one employee stepped down.Dotdash Meredith is ending the print publication of six magazines, including InStyle and Entertainment Weekly.A Dow Jones printing plant in Highland, Illinois will also close, resulting in the loss of “a few dozen production and technology jobs.” The Wall Street Journal will close its Bowling Green, Ohio printing plan.The Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch laid off three people.The Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald laid off two people It is owned by Lee Enterprise.Both are owned by publishers Bob and Claudia Christian. In December of 2021, the Philadelphia Free Press and University City Review went on hiatus.We don’t yet know the full impact of the last year and want to capture as many changes as we can here. One more note: Nearly a year after first publishing this piece, we adjusted the lead and headline from “…layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus” to “…layoffs, furloughs and closures that happened during the coronavirus pandemic.” We want this list to reflect what happened to our industry, including layoffs that aren’t credited to the pandemic.
One note: We haven’t figured out a way to track the loss of work for freelancers, but please read more about how the pandemic has hurt their livelihoods here. In some cases, where there are no links, we’re relying on tips to help show the full impact of this pandemic. In most cases, these entries link to previously reported stories. Here’s our attempt to collect the layoffs, furloughs, and closures to journalism in the United States. It’s getting hard to keep track of the bad news about the news right now. A version of this article was first published on April 26, 2020.
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