*UPDATE

Just before we published this week’s episode, news broke that Vice Media will cease publishing on Vice.com and lay off ‘several hundred’ staffers. We will be addressing this story directly in next week's episode of “Laid Off and Looking.”

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/vice-cease-publishing-layoff-hundreds-ceo-1235919843/?cx_testId=48&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

This week, former Washington Post media reporter turned freelance writer, Paul Farhi talks to Jenna and Dom about his recent piece for The Atlantic, Is American Journalism Headed Towards an ‘Extinction-Level Event’?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/media-layoffs-la-times/677285/

Paul gives us his take on why the news industry has been in decline for decades and why the latest round of layoffs is especially ominous. This piece was published January 30th, and Paul also discusses how lucky he feels to have been offered a buyout instead of getting laid off after decades with the paper. In addition he addresses the increasing distrust Americans have with legacy news media.

Headlines:

‘Breathtaking’ media layoffs continue with job cuts at NowThis and Intercept

https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/15/layoffs-vox-media-nowthis-intercept

‘The Investment Firms Leave Behind a Barren Wasteland’: A journalism professor blames Wall Street for the newspaper industry’s collapse.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/18/is-wall-street-to-blame-for-the-collapse-of-newspapers-00141920

How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/magazine/tom-sandoval-vanderpump.html

Jenna and Dom’s Spotlight Journalism of the Week:

Prince Harry Infuriates Royals by Saying Nice Things About King Charles

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/prince-harry-gma-interview-charles.html?itm_medium=site&itm_source=order-form&_gl=1*1ywnfac*_ga*MTY3MDYxMzkwMi4xNzA2NTQ0NjAz*_ga_DNE38RK1HX*MTcwODQ1MDk2My4yLjEuMTcwODQ1MTI0Mi4yMy4wLjA.#_ga=2.254523592.157731272.1708450963-1670613902.1706544603

NY legislators consider good cause eviction law again

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2024/02/19/ny-legislators-consider-good-cause-eviction-law-again/

Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out by Derek Thompson

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/

Theme Song: Summer Jam by Jay Cowit