PEW RESEARCH CENTER – 08/04/2020
JOHN GRAMLICH
President Trump speaks with members of the coronavirus task force and reporters in the White House Rose Garden on March 30. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Many U.S. news organizations are covering the coronavirus pandemic while themselves facing financial pressure from it. A growing number have announced layoffs, furloughs and other cost-cutting measures as the virus inflicts widespread pain on the economy, and these cuts come on top of years of earlier reductions in newsroom staffing, especially at newspapers.