The number of unemployed UK journalists has gone up by almost 150 percent since last year, Press Gazette reported.

According to data from the Office of National Statistics, 770 journalists sought Jobseekers Allowance in April of last year, compared with 1,880 journalists this April, an overall increase of 144 percent. Unemployed journalists join the 2.2 million jobless in the United Kingdom, marking the biggest increase in unemployment since 1981.