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What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Over the past year, newsrooms across the country have experienced significant staff cuts, even leading to the shuttering of BuzzFeed News and bankruptcy of VICE Media. We’re joined by S. Mitra Kalita, veteran journalist and co-founder of URL media, to learn more about why these layoffs are happening and its impact on local journalism.
Show notes:
- URL Media - https://url-media.com/
- TIME: Looking Back on Three Years of Performative Diversity Efforts - https://time.com/charter/6290473/undoing-workplace-diversity-gains/
- What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, July 5. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:09.2 | And I'm Priyanka Erobn D and this is What A Day. |
| 0:12.9 | On today's show, we're bringing you a conversation about an issue that has been top of mind for |
| 0:17.0 | us here on What A Day. |
| 0:19.0 | Just this year, several news outlets across the country have laid off significant amounts |
| 0:23.3 | of their staff. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm talking about the Washington Post, the LA Times, insider NBC News and ABC News, |
| 0:29.9 | the list is truly endless. |
| 0:32.7 | That's only naming a few. |
| 0:34.2 | Absolutely. |
| 0:35.2 | And it's not just the big mainstream outlets that have been laying off, you know, these |
| 0:39.3 | important players in the newsroom. |
| 0:40.8 | We're also seeing this happen in smaller local newsrooms and that all has an impact on |
| 0:46.8 | our democracy, on the ability to hold officials accountable and on encouraging civic engagement. |
| 0:54.2 | Things that we as journalists and the folks here at Crookit really, really, really, really |
| 0:58.8 | care about. |
| 0:59.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:00.8 | I mean, it's been really disheartening to see this decline in local news since, as you |
| 1:05.3 | mentioned, it's a vital resource for people across the country just to know what's going |
| 1:11.2 | on in their own communities, especially as we get ready for another presidential election. |
| 1:18.4 | We need local communities to like beginning the necessary information so that they can |
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