Museums in Washington, D.C. are hurting. The Newseum (pictured) is laying off 13 percent of its employees. The Smithsonian is also reducing staff through buyouts and other means.There is a logical, if not cruel irony to the Newseum slashing jobs. Washington's latest museum features displays about the news business. As most readers of this blog know, the newspaper business has been decimated by the bad economy. So now the pricey attraction that was built in good times to honor journalists is suffering from what caused me and thousands of other reporters, editors and photographers to lose our jobs in the last year or two.
The D.C.-area, particularly Northern Virginia, is below the national average in unemployment, yet the recession continues to devastate area businesses, local municipalities, colleges/universities and now museums. Wonder why certain politicians and economists are claiming the recession is over?
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