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Two former Dallas Morning News staffers, now journalism profs at Southern Methodist and North Texas, authored this report in the Columbia Journalism Review on the two waves of cutbacks at the DMN and the broader ramifications for the industry.
Long story short: Most of the people who left the DMN are glad they did, whether they stayed in newspapers or went into another field, because they had lost confidence in management. "Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" was the operative phrase.
Also informative were the experts who said why cutbacks like this don't work. It's long, but worth the read. Here's the link:
http://www.cjr.org/feature/damage_report.php
Long story short: Most of the people who left the DMN are glad they did, whether they stayed in newspapers or went into another field, because they had lost confidence in management. "Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" was the operative phrase.
Also informative were the experts who said why cutbacks like this don't work. It's long, but worth the read. Here's the link:
http://www.cjr.org/feature/damage_report.php