It’s no secret that newspapers, from coast to coast, are struggling. The industry even got its own congressional hearing last week in Washington about the future of journalism to prove it.
Amid this digital transition, newspapers, blogs and talk shows have reported the various cuts newspapers have endured to stay afloat over the past three years. In my young career I’ve already seen many veteran reporters and editors – some of them mentors of mine – at other newspapers leave the industry, sometimes not on their own terms.
The latest casualty of these “cost-saving” measures is a colleague of mine at the Capitol, Janell Cole, who covered state government and politics for the Forum and its parent company for the last 10 years. Her position was eliminated last Saturday.
Cole’s knowledge about North Dakota government and politics is deep, respected and will be sorely missed. With that, thank you, Janell, for helping a newbie find his way around the Capitol.
