'Tough and getting tougher': Why journalists are leaving
Last week's piece about the increase in the amount of journalists leaving the industry received an interesting reaction on Twitter from many well respected people, some who currently work in journalism and some who have left the industry
Last week for my Media Matters blog, I wrote aboutthe increase in the amount of journalists leaving the industry to go intopublic relations or other communications roles.
In many ways, journalism is a vocation. The pursuit of truth requires long hours, personal sacrifices, and hard work. We go into this industry with our eyes open. But in recent years, circulation revenue and advertising profits have taken a dive. In many news organisations, editors ...
