The Gray Lady ironically runs a piece today stating that there are no jobs coming from the Internet or at all (you know, after cutting the Boston Globe's knees off.)
Guess we should've all gone to Columbia's J-School so we'd at least be guaranteed a job here .
But it can't be that bad, right?
The United States government has released new employment numbers for the last several years, showing there were 933,000 more jobs than previously thought. A handful of them — 6,300, to be exact — were in Internet companies, including publishing and broadcasting. But that did not alter the trend.
B-b-but there's always room for bloggers, right? And online! Don't forget that Slate and Salon are still reputable!
One chart shows the combined categories of publishing and broadcasting, both traditional and Internet-based. Over all, employment is down 11 percent. In those six years, employment in traditional paper-based publishing is down 13 percent. Broadcasting employment is off 3 percent. The traditional industries, between them, have shed 148,000 workers.
Did the Internet make up the difference? Just the opposite. Internet publishing and broadcasting now employs 36,600 people, and that figure is down 29 percent from six years ago.
... Well. See you guys in class on Monday!
Connie Kargbo @ Sat, 02/10/2007 - 11:52pm
I give up. I'm dropping my journalism major and transfering to Stern. Apparently, there are less jobs for journalism students and pay is most definitely lower than if I majored in perhaps, finance. Where are our priorities if media jobs are being cut?