Rock and Roll Conservative

This is the end, my only friend, the end

Despite a 21 per cent decrease in advertising dollars, shuttered doors, massive layoffs and general distrust of the media, journalists keep soldiering on in the hopes that they aren't Romulus Augustus -- watching the barbarians rolling over the Seven Hills of Rome and wondering if the jig was finally up.

Over at Warning Signs, ESR scribbler Alan Caruba says that journalists are still labouring under some delusions, ones he has thoughtfully enumerated.

On a personal note, sometimes you don't want your dreams to come through. Back in the 90s and early 00s yours truly earned his daily bread as a journo. I was progressing to the point that I even interviewed with one of Canada's largest papers and came this close to landing a job there. Given the health of the industry these days, I think I was lucky to have been edged out by the McGill graduate. In ten years I'll still likely have a job...

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