Journalism in crisis, part 2: when journalists lose their jobs

Thursday, 25 May 2017 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm

Two years ago it was estimated that 2,500 journalism jobs had disappeared in Australia since 2012. At current count, that number is conservatively estimated to be as high as 3,000.

Lawrie Zion from the Department of Media and Communication at La Trobe University is involved in a five year study exploring the aftermath of journalism redundancies. This week he talks about some of the findings.