Another sign of the times: The New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) is proposing to streamline its news gathering operations by “reducing staff and other costs and investing in new technology”.
NZPA, 128 years young and owned by the country’s major newspaper publishers, provides news, images and other services to all daily and Sunday newspapers, as well as television, radio and internet customers.
The agency’s international wire services are to be rationalised as well, fairly inevitable given the ready access to this information through the internet.
Staff reductions being proposed amount to seven full time equivalent positions (out of a total of 55) spread across most departments of the agency.
It’s never pleasant to contemplate job losses. Unfortunately, newsgathering is amongst those roles under threat in today’s 24/7 news environment, especially when anyone with a cellphone can also be a Citizen Photojournalist.
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