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Data: Challenger, Gray & Christmas; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios. Newsroom jobs include jobs in digital, print and broadcast. "Other media jobs" include jobs in television/film/streaming production, advertising, and book publishing.

Over half of the media jobs lost this year were in digital, print and broadcast newsrooms, according to new data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. 

The big picture: Recent high-profile departures, deals, widespread layoffs and restructurings amid the pandemic have journalists questioning whether there's stability anywhere within the industry.

More than half of media jobs lost this year are in news

Layoffs and restructurings have journalists questioning whether there's stability anywhere in the industry.

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Over half of the media jobs lost this year were in digital, print and broadcast newsrooms, according to new data from Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas, Inc. The big picture: Recent high-profile <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="departures" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/vox-ezra-klein-lauren-williams-leaving-4786b4b4-707e-447e-b45b-2c4aad3cbbc3.html" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/vox-ezra-klein-lauren-williams-leaving-4786b4b4-707e-447e-b45b-2c4aad3cbbc3.html" target="_self">departures</a>, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="deals" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/buzzfeed-huffpost-acquisition-f5cd9313-458a-4517-943a-a87a83ed3788.html" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/buzzfeed-huffpost-acquisition-f5cd9313-458a-4517-943a-a87a83ed3788.html" target="_self">deals</a>, widespread <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="layoffs" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/espn-cut-workforce-jobs-pandemic-73080246-e879-4176-8154-4b81ca103bab.html" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/espn-cut-workforce-jobs-pandemic-73080246-e879-4176-8154-4b81ca103bab.html" target="_self">layoffs</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="restructurings" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-e3b0faef-6c2d-4535-9840-2f5e33868098.html?chunk=4&amp;utm_term=twsocialshare#story4s" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-e3b0faef-6c2d-4535-9840-2f5e33868098.html?chunk=4&amp;utm_term=twsocialshare#story4s" target="_self">restructurings</a> amid the pandemic have journalists <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="questioning whether there&#x27;s stability" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/journalists-face-volatile-media-landscape-a74a950a-56cd-492f-99d9-a65ae" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/journalists-face-volatile-media-landscape-a74a950a-56cd-492f-99d9-a65ae" target="_self">questioning whether there&#x27;s stability</a> anywhere within the industry.

After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.

More than half of media jobs lost this year are in news

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