ASNE Newsroom Census Total Reflects Decline in Traditional Journalism Jobs, Growth in Online

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By: Rick Edmonds | Poynter.org

When the American Society of News Editors reported a month ago that full time newsroom employment remained about the same in 2010 compared to 2009, the result got virtually no attention.

About the same equals a non-event, right? I'm not so sure. In a year when newspapers' circulation, revenues and profits continued to fall, keeping newsrooms whole or beginning to rehire would be a vote of confidence in the business value of news.

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