Poll: Over Half of Ex-LATers Say Print Newspapers Are Doomed

In case you thought laid off journos from a major metropolitan newspaper were going to be all rosy about print journalism’s future – think again!

From The Journalism Shop:

The poll was conducted among former Los Angeles Times staffers who are members of a support message group. Seventy-five out of 124 members responded, and only a quarter of them expected newspapers to survive the current economic crisis.

“The stack of paper that used to arrive at your front door will disappear,” wrote one laid-off female journalist.

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