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Layoffs At Traditional Media Outlets Leave Journalism Students Optimistic

It is counterintuitive. When industries downsize its usually not good news for new graduates hoping to launch a career. In the past few weeks Newsweek announced it was laying off more than 100 employees; CBS just axed 160 in 13 cities; and the remaining reporters--post layoffs--- at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis received a memo saying management was building a "standup TV studio" and that, " some of you will be tapped to produce content for Strib TV...if you think you have a voice or a presence on camera, here's your chance to shine."