“It's painful – there's a knot in my gut to see what we built up over time torn down in this relentless way.” Those are the words of longtime newspaperman Greg Moore, about the ongoing struggles of The Denver Post.
Moore edited the newspaper from 2002 to 2016, and he was talking to the Washington Post's Margaret Sullivan about the latest round of layoffs at the formerly prosperous newspaper. While Denver's Post and its now defunct former rival (Rocky Mountain News) once combined for over 600 journalists, the Post now has under 70 people in its newsroom after another 30 layoffs last week. As anyone who is part of the business of print or online media can attest, these depressing stories are increasingly common.
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