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Newspapers could be suffering from a race to the bottom in terms of hiring the cheapest (and probably less skilled) talent. With all of the financial woes compo
by underseacables 6y ago
Newspapers could be suffering from a race to the bottom in terms of hiring the cheapest (and probably less skilled) talent. With all of the financial woes compounded, hiring recent J-school graduates versus investing in those with more experience, may be showing the inexperience in print.
- AmVess 6y agoTalent costs money. Money most can't afford to pay. Back when papers actually had money, those at the top weren't paid well to begin with. The major paper in the state I used to live in went completely out of business and had their building repossessed. It was resurrected some time later and is now 8 pages long. Most of that is AP news and cartoons and crossword. Last I looked, there was barely 2 pages of news including the AP articles. Their pay is so low, one would make more money working at the supermarket as a cashier.
- gxqoz 6y agoIs this really the case? My sense is that newspaper writing went from something of a working-class profession to one that requires extremely high credentials. Certainly the most elite publications like the New York Times are basically only hiring from the Ivy League.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoI also sense that newspapers are retaining the old guard talent at the expense of younger, more fresh voices. For instance the New York times constantly puts peices up by Paul Krugman and he almost never writes anything insightful. Given his credentials, I assume he commands a high price for his commentary. I assume the business side thinks name recognition is more important than taking risks on new writers.