It's a Bad Time for Haitians and Really Bad for Haitian Journalists

Can the story about the Haiti Earthquake is about as bleak as you get: the untold casualties, the crumbling of a city, the exposure of governmental failure and Idahoans around every corner trying to kidnap children. Just when you think it just couldn’t get any worse down there – the local papers announce LAYOFFS.

Jean Roland Chery from CPJ.com writes:

In the face of economic and financial difficulties, the heads of the two Haitian dailies, Max Chauvet at Le Nouvelliste and Reginald Boulos at Le Matin, have already announced layoffs.

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