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Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures that happened during the coronavirus pandemic
Date:2021-08-11 15:55:28+00:00
By ['Kristen Hare', 'Kristen Hare Covers The People', 'Business Of Local News', 'Is The Editor Of Locally At Poynter. She Previously Worked As A Staff Writer', 'More Kristen Hare']

A version of this article was first published on April 26, 2020. It has been frequently updated and reformatted since. It was last updated on Aug. 11, 2021

It’s getting hard to keep track of the bad news about the news right now. But we have to. Here’s our attempt to collect the layoffs, furloughs, and closures to journalism in the United States. Please send tips. We’ll try to keep up.

In most cases, these entries link to previously reported stories. In some cases, where there are no links, we’re relying on tips to help show the full impact of this 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. 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. We don’t yet know the full impact of the last year and want to capture as many changes as we can here.

The latest:

The Stoneham (Massachusetts) Sun-Advocate has closed. It was owned by Gannett.

has closed. It was owned by Gannett. The Sandwich Broadsider and The Bourne Courier in Massachusetts have closed . Both were owned by Gannett.

and in Massachusetts have . Both were owned by Gannett. The Melrose (Massachusetts) Free Press published its final print edition . It was owned by Gannett.

published its final print edition It was owned by Gannett. The Hudson Sun and the Marlborough Enterprise in Massachusetts have closed. They were owned by Gannett.

National, Washington D.C. and multi-state

Corrections: The Sioux City Journal is in Iowa. A previous version of this story said Ogden owns two newspapers in Indiana. That is incorrect. It owns one. The Hendricks County Flyer was included erroneously on this list. It closed before the pandemic, in May of 2019. An earlier version of this story reported the weekly papers in Vermont, the Milton Independent, Essex Reporter and Colchester Sun, had layoffs. That is incorrect, they just temporarily cut print. Also, one mention of the Daily Progress in Charlottesville bungled the name. We apologize for the errors, they have been corrected.

Update: We’ve removed one item from this list — The Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer announced it would cut 22 newsroom employees — because it was announced before the coronavirus hit. According to The Associated Press, “The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland has been reduced as an organization to little more than the name atop its front page after owners laid off 10 of its remaining 14 union journalists.”

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