5 local news experts on the best and worst of 2023 – Poynter

The layoffs and cutbacks. The pandemic was brutal, but job cuts eased up a bit in the last two years. They’re back up again now, and hundreds of workers in local news have lost their jobs this year. Gannett, for example, has shut down several printing plants, and Lee Enterprises has furloughed its staff, held layoffs and reduced print days at many of its papers. A reporter at The Buffalo News recently noted that Lee shed more than 1,000 jobs in the past year