Journalists in newsrooms around the U.S. have been running for cover as newspapers have been cutting staff to save money. At The Los Angeles Times, editor Dean P. Baquet and publisher Jeffrey M. Johnson have taken an unprecedented move of shielding the newsroom from more job cuts mandated by its corporate parent, Tribune Company, which is amid a restructuring that also includes divestitures. With a current editorial staff of 940, the L.A. Times has cut 200 positions over the last five years. Baquet and Johnson have seen enough and hope to preserve its existing staff, going against the tide of newsroom cutbacks that have occurred in the largest newspapers in the U.S. that include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and Tribune's Newsday. "Newspapers can't cut their way into the future. We have to carefully balance economic realities with serving our readers," Johnson said in a recent L.A. Times article. — Gerald Magpily
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