Publisher: Biggest threat is continued downsizing of newsroom

Reynolds Center reporting:
A newspaper’s competitive advantage over TV is the size of its newsroom, according to a Texas publisher.
Jim Moroney at The Dallas Morning News  said newspaper newsrooms typically are two to four times larger than their TV counterparts. The larger scale, Moroney said, allows newspapers to devote the resources to more in-depth stories with analysis and perspective.
“That’s how we compete and differentiate ourselves from the TV stations,” he said. “The biggest threat to our industry is the continued downsizing of our newsroom.”

Four publishers on Tuesday discussed their thoughts about the future of the industry. From left, they were consultant Alan Mutter (moderator), Terry Kroeger of The Omaha World-Herald, Jim Moroney of The Dallas Morning News, Larry Kramer of USA Today and Mike Klingensmith of Star Tribune Media Co. (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells)

His comments came as part of part of an executive roundtable Tuesday at the Key Executives Mega Conference in New Orleans. The roundtable featured the publishers of the Star Tribune Media Co., USA Today, The Omaha World-Herald and The Dallas Morning News.
The publishers also attributed their paywall success to the local, unique content from their staffs. All the papers represented, except for USA Today, have some form of paywall.
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