More layoffs at the nation's newspaper

USA Today, my former employer, laid off about 25 newsroom employees today. In the last two years, the newsroom has lost about 100 jobs, including mine, as the newspaper industry continues to struggle through the bad economy and massive debt acquired by some of the larger media companies. Apparently, however, this round of cuts caught many by surprise at the McLean, Va., newspaper. I certainly feel their pain on this, the one-year anniversary of my layoff. It won't be easy to find comparable work. Click here to read more about the difficulties laid-off journalists are facing in this article about former Los Angeles Times employees