Where the journalism jobs are: a hiring snapshot for the media business

Where are the journalism jobs? Fewer of them sit in traditional print newsrooms than a generation ago, and more of them sit in digital roles — multimedia production, data reporting, social and audience work — because that is where audiences and, slowly, the money have moved. The honest answer is that the market is smaller in some places and reshaped almost everywhere, and no single national figure captures it. The structural reason is well documented. According to Wikipedia's overview of journalism, the rise of the internet and smartphones has changed how people access news since the early 21st century, and print revenues have declined faster than digital income streams have grown. When the revenue base shrinks faster than the replacement income arrives, hiring follows. The math only works once the digital side pays for itself. What roles actually exist in a modern newsroom? A newsroom job is no longer just reporter and editor.

This excerpt comes from the named source. Read the original for the full reporting.