Newspapers

Since 2005, Ohio has lost more than 50% of its newspapers and nearly half of its newspaper journalists. According to a recent report, the loss continued in 2023.

With papers shutting down at an alarming rate, many view the fate of print journalism as dim.

With papers shutting down at an alarming rate, many view the fate of print journalism as dim.

Once jokingly referred to as McPaper, USA Today debuted 40 years ago. We’ll look at the impact USA Today has had on newspapers and the future of daily papers in today's changing media landscape.

Once jokingly referred to as McPaper, USA Today debuted 40 years ago. We’ll look at the impact USA Today has had on newspapers and the future of daily papers in today's changing media landscape.

Once jokingly referred to as McPaper, USA Today debuted 40 years ago. We’ll look at the impact USA Today has had on newspapers and the future of daily papers in today's changing media landscape.

Nearly one year since The Vindicatorwent out of business, the new site Mahoning Matters is hoping to become a destination for local watchdog journalism.

The Plain Dealer is dissolving its news guild and will publish coverage exclusively from cleveland.com. The paper announced the changes Tuesday in a cleveland.com column from Editor-in-Chief Tim Warsinskey. The four remaining journalists at The Plain Dealer have been offered jobs at cleveland.com to continue their work, according to Warsinskey.

The company managing cleveland.com has announced furloughs, pay cuts and additional changes for employees in an effort to save money during the pandemic, according to Advance Local. Workers making more than $35,000 annually will receive pay cuts ranging from 2 percent to 20 percent depending on income level, CEO Caroline Harrison wrote in a memo to employees. The reductions will be in effect through December, Harrison said, though there will be a re-evaluation of the situation in September.

Updated: 5:37 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Most of the remaining staff at The Plain Dealer will no longer cover news in Cleveland or Cuyahoga and Summit counties, instead shifting to become a "bureau" covering outlying areas. The announcement comes just days after 22 staff were laid off. The 14 remaining reporters will cover five Northeast Ohio counties: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and Portage, according to a statement from the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild Local 1.