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10 May 2009 21:26

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Biz, World: Czech this out: A neat new format for hyperlocal journalism

  • normal Next month, a bunch of coffee shops will open up around the Czech Republic.
  • neat The shops are hybrids between newsrooms and latte-sipping wi-fi palaces.
  • neater Reporters can interact with regulars, and regulars can bug editors for help.
  • neatest And hey, if the journalism thing doesn’t work out, they can fall back on coffee! source

18 Apr 2009 13:26

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Biz: Newsrooms are looking like ghost towns nowadays

  • -5,900 number of newsroom jobs that disappeared in 2008; 46,700 staffers managed to avoid losing their jobs in the process
  • -11.3% the percentage decline in newsroom jobs; newsrooms are back to staffing levels they last saw in the early 1980s. source