Respondents cited layoffs, voluntary buy-outs and career-switches in explaining the grim survey results. Over the past decade, the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News, among other local news media outlets, experienced cutbacks as the industry re-trenched in the face of declining ad revenues and circulation.
Among other survey findings: 70 percent of those queried described themselves as working journalists or journalism entrepreneurs, 15 percent said they were students or working in another field, 2 percent opted for retirement, and 3 percent said they were unemployed.
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