Unlike any other industry in America that has been faced with economic pressures, newspapers cannot do more with less. There have been no efficiency gains with the advent of technology, no featherbedding of Guild contracts (recording room?? 1,200-1,300 newsroom employees), no elimination of out-dated work practices. Simply put, newspapers are run as efficiently as any business organization can be. And if any reporter worth his/her salt heard that said about any other industry, short work would be made of it.
Unlike any other industry in America that has been faced with economic pressures, newspapers cannot do more with less. There have been no efficiency gains with the advent of technology, no featherbedding of Guild contracts (recording room?? 1,200-1,300 newsroom employees), no elimination of out-dated work practices. Simply put, newspapers are run as efficiently as any business organization can be. And if any reporter worth his/her salt heard that said about any other industry, short work would be made of it.