Journalists are notorious drama queens when it comes to their own industry. Still, this has been an undeniably bleak start to the year. So far in 2024 there have been lay-offs at The Wall Street Journal, Time, Business Insider, LA Times and Sports Illustrated, plus the abrupt closure of media start-up The Messenger. On Thursday, Vice News announced hundreds of lay-offs and said that it would stop publishing on its website. As fear permeates the sector, the lure of a more independent career is growing brighter. Who wants to labour in an unstable newsroom job when you can become a content creator and post your work yourself?
衆所周知，一說到自己所在的行業，新聞記者總愛大驚小怪。然而，今年新聞業確實開年不利。進入2024年以來，《華爾街日報》(The Wall Street Journal)、《時代週刊》(Time)、《商業內幕》(Business Insider)、《洛杉磯時報》(LA Times)和《體育畫報》(Sports Illustrated)都裁員了，還有，新創傳媒公司The Messenger突然關門。上週四，Vice News宣佈裁員數百人，並表示將停止在其網站上刊登新聞。