In the last few years, Washington, D.C. bureaus have taken a hit. Tribune newspapers have gone through several rounds of layoffs. Friends of mine who worked at smaller D.C. bureaus saw their staffs getting smaller and smaller...
...and now this.
Cox, which owns the Atlanta Journal-Counsitution and other smaller papers, is getting rid of its Washington Bureau. From what I understand, this was probably in the works for a while. The AJC and the Dayton Daily News will continue to have their own individual bureaus. Hopefully one of them will retain their really nice office two blocks from Union Station.
Washington bureaus are such an important part of American journalism. And they employ some of a paper's best journalists. It's so sad this is happening. Not only because it hurts the quality of local newspapers, but it's tough on people who have families to support.
Also, it's probably becoming more and more difficult to get a PR job in The District.
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My friends always rave about all the job opportunities there are in our nation's capital. They've spent the past few summers there, and plan to live there post-graduation. But then again, they aren't journalism majors. They asked me if I wanted to live with them after school. I told them only if I could find some type of writing job.
I'll take this post into consideration when the inevitably stressful situation of finding a job outta school hits me like a ton of... well... rocks.
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