With newspapers crashing, is it up to citizen journalists to step up?

The news media took another major hit this week. BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post, and Gannett (which owns newspapers big and small nationwide) all announced layoffs. This isn’t new to an industry that’s seen newspapers across the country shed jobs and close down. 

Credits

Guest:

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Caitlin Plummer