John Carroll

Los Angeles Times

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Former editor of the Los Angeles Times (2000-2005), the Baltimore Sun and Lexington Herald Leader; Visiting Knight Lecturer at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center

John Carroll on KCRW

Newspapers are shedding staff and reducing services, just like other industries, but even if the economy picks up, they may not bounce back.

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Newspapers are shedding staff and reducing services, just like other industries, but even if the economy picks up, they may not bounce back.

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