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April 15, 2005

Falling Fortunes of Wage Earners

NY Times: Wages for the average American worker fell last year, after adjusting for inflation - the first such drop in nearly a decade.

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News staffs shrinking while minority presence grows

American Society of Newspaper Editors: The number of full-time journalists working at daily newspapers continues to fall while the number of minority journalists inched up nearly a half of a percentage point to 13.42 percent in 2004. Since the economic downturn of 2001, newsrooms have lost a net of more than 2,200 journalists while the number of minority journalists has increased.

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