Next steps for the shrinking Boston Globe

(Blog Post) Working harder isn't going to do it once the Boston Globe has finished with its current round of 50 reductions to the newsroom staff. Once that process has been completed, the news staff will have shrunk from about 550 full-time journalists (or their equivalent) in 2000 to roughly 330. That means the Globe will, of necessity, be a fundamentally different paper. Full Story »

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3.9
by Fabrice Florin - Mar. 26, 2009

Insightful analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by the Boston Globe. The author presents some interesting recommendations for actions the struggling newspaper might take to address the needs of an increasingly fragmented readership. Plenty of good factual evidence from multiple sources, with helpful context about the crisis in journalism.

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