🗞️Context Collapse: Journalism Is A Flaming Money Pit. WTF Now? Part 1
Don't mourn, don't get self-righteous. Look forward to what's next instead. CC #276
In this issue: We rant about stupid business decisions by media companies because there have been so many and we try really hard to figure out what the hell journalism is.
Welcome to Context Collapse, the world’s best comms newsletter. I’m Neal Ungerleider. I run Ungerleider Works and used to work as a reporter for Fast Company, write op-eds for the LA Times, and work as a senior copywriter for R/GA. This newsletter helps readers navigate the weird new world of media and gleefully ignores all the conventional wisdom about journalism, public relations, marketing, and advertising.
In case you haven’t heard, journalism is having a rough time right now. On January 23, 2024, the Los Angeles Times announced plans to lay off a third of their newsroom—their biggest job cuts in history (Obligatory disclosure: I am a former op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times1). Sports Illustrated just lay off most of their staff after being sold to a company who mostly wanted t…
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