A difficult day

I was officially laid off today. It's new territory for me, as I've never really been sure of what it felt like to be laid off. But, today, it happened.

It came as somewhat of a surprise because I am the longest tenured reporter. However, the papers the company is keeping have had a lot of turnover this past year and the managers said they wanted to keep SOME consistency there.

Anyway, so this is what getting laid off feels like? Weird. I guess I was due. Lots of my journalism brethren have been feeling the pinch for a lot longer than I.

Anyway. The good news? I'm officially on board as a PR practitioner for Real News PR, a journalists only PR agency here in Dallas. And, whatever. I mean, journalism as we know it? It's nearly over. I'll keep writing, but no one will have the luxury of being a purist anymore. From now on, it's every man for himself.