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National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers

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National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers

Nineteen staffers affected, according to Washington Post, with celebrated magazine to end newsstand sales

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National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers

www.theguardian.com /media/2023/jun/28/national-geographic-staff-layoffs-report

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National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers

www.theguardian.com /media/2023/jun/28/national-geographic-staff-layoffs-report

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This is sad. I grew up with this magazine, and it was the one mag that was never thrown away.
End of an era.
- That era ended about 10 years ago. Maybe more.
  
  How so?
This was the last magazine I was still subscribed to, and they just sent me a renewal notice… well I guess this makes that decision easy. No way I’m paying the (fairly expensive) renewal price for a magazine that is gutting itself into a death spiral.
- Don't worry they'll still be paying freelance writers half what they paid the staff writers with no job security or benefits. I'm sure they'll attract the best.
  
  Gradually they'll skimp on the freelance writers until they're phased out entirely, with 100% of the articles being written by chatgpt.
- My kids school sent home a leaflet for it this week. We were considering the subscription as she loves to learn. This has really made us rethink it, sadly.
- :(
This is why I subscribe to the NYT and in a way Minnmax (for games journalism). If you can afford it, news (no matter what sector) is too important not to pay for.
- I get what you're saying but people shouldnt have to pay for such an important thing. Obviously news publications need money somehow but paying for news should never be required.
  
  So how do you pay journalists, photographers, designers, editors? (an ex-journalist asks).
  
  A minimal payment for getting a thing like news seems absolutely reasonable. It was the case for hundreds of years, it requires money to produce...
That’s what you get for selling out to Mews Corp.
RIP Nat Geo.
It is sad to see the death spiral of print journalism. The constant barrage of TV news and its highly negative tone is poisoning society. I feel life was more peaceful when news came in papers in the morning and evening editions. There was no user tracking or analytics. While you had tabloids, you also had quality papers focused on plain news and opinions in the opinion pages. I feel the world at least in terms of news consumption has changed for the worse.

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