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# Journalism From the Ashes?
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/11/journalism_from_the_ashes/
- Published: 2009-11-19T13:39:10.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:41:14.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalism, redundancy, startups

> In March, Hearst [closed the 146-year-old Post-Intelligencer](http://www.seattlepi.com/business/403793%5Fpiclosure17.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) newspaper and dumped 140 of us onto the street in the depths of the recession.

\[What happened next?\](http://safetynetseattle.blogspot.com/2009/11/seven-months-later-whats-happened-to.html) 

For the majority, the story is pretty depressing. The majority of those journalists are not working in journalism any more. But, I note, a handful are starting their own businesses or are involved with start-ups. There’s some hope in that.