Trend will continue through 2020 election year. The problem here is that there is no fallback job field for journalists. With the large number looking for employment....employers know that they can reset the pay-scale and force you to take a 20-percent pay-cut.
The world only needs just so many Starbucks baristas.
“The problem here is that there is no fallback job field for journalists..”
Waste Management is hiring garbage people.
They could learn to code.
The problem here is that there is no fallback job field for journalists.
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A problem for them. A risk they should have accounted for.
These people are used to writing about what others say and do instead of producing something of real value. Perhaps that realization should have prompted them to learn some additional job skills along the way.
They can go write Hollywood scripts or books. Their absolute geniuses at knowing what the masses need for information, arts & literature.
Last I saw McDonald's was still hiring.