A page of The New York Times showing an editorial criticising the US president for his attacks on the press, in 2018. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to deliver an economic shock to the news sector, with the impact to be especially hard on papers. – EPA pic, March 15, 2020.
THE ailing US news industry is bracing for more turmoil with the Covid-19 pandemic expected to deliver an economic shock to the sector – just when people need credible information the most. The impact is expected to be especially difficult for the newspaper sector, which has endured a decade where 2,000 publications have disappeared and newsroom jobs have fallen by half.
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