'Journalist' listed among 21st century's worst jobs
By Leah McBride Mensching, Thursday 25 October 2007 at 22:25 :: Labor & Employment :: #755 :: rss
Journalists, textile workers, file clerks, computer programmers and photo lab technicians are all on the U.S. government's list of endangered career paths in the 21st century, MSNBC reported.
Despite the numbers of media outlets increasing, newspapers, where most U.S. reporters work, will have to cut costs and jobs as digital media increases and print weakens, the U.S. Labor Department says.
The report notes that although the number of reporting positions is expected to grow by five percent in the next decade, most jobs will be in small, low paying markets, according to MSNBC.
However, as our partner site, Editorsweblog.org, noted, the government's projection is based on a narrow definition of what a journalist does, which will probably evolve in the coming years.
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