Journalists are being laid off across UK and USA - recession or AI?
Nearly 1,000 news industry jobs cut in UK, US and Ireland since June
Journalist redundancies appear to be rising in the UK, US and Ireland as publishers brace for a recession.
Of 830 editorial job losses tracked by Press Gazette in 2022 so far, 739 (89%) have occurred since the end of June.
A National Union of Journalists organiser confirmed to Press Gazette that they are dealing with a rising number of redundancies among their members – most of which would not be reported. This means the true number of editorial redundancies in the UK and US this year is likely to be in excess of 1,000.
David Ayrton, a senior organiser with the NUJ, told Press Gazette that in most cases, employers “refer to the current global situation in relation to the conflict around Ukraine” and to “the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and its ‘aftermath'” as rationales for the lay-offs.
He described the reasons as “very general to the point of absurdity”.
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