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Employment Opportunities in Journalism: Where the Jobs Are Right Now

Publishing has lost 40% of its jobs since the late 1990s, and the layoffs aren't stopping. If you're a journalist looking for work, this is the honest, specific, data-backed guide you need.

Let’s start with the numbers. Since the late 1990s, employment in the American publishing industry has dropped by 40 percent, from roughly 91,000 jobs to […]