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COVID-19 has ravaged American newsrooms – here's why that matters

  • Written by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
COVID-19 has ravaged American newsrooms – here's why that mattersRead all about it: Virus kills off dying industryBrian Mitchell/Getty Images

Many newsrooms across the U.S. will be quieter places when journalists return to their workplace after the coronavirus lockdowns end.

COVID-19 has ripped through the industry. In the United States alone, over 36,000 journalists have lost their jobs, been furloughed or had...

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