This in from The Huffington Post, according to a survey from the Associated Press Managing Editors, young staff at newspapers are being the first to get cut in this downturn for the industry. The findings also support recent surveys that state that the newspaper industry is maintaining a diverse edge in newsrooms. But, the cutting of young staff seems antithetical to the efforts of trying to liven up papers around the country. With so many young people entering newsrooms that are plugged into the social scope of the internet, it would seem as though newspapers are shooting themselves in the proverbial foot, all for the sake of lineage and tradition. It is not to say that that tradition hasn’t wrought some amazing moments, but to forsake the future for the even growing past just seems to provoke demise.

The full article goes more deeply into what young reporters are doing in the wake of these firings, which it hints at being jobs in new media. With the closing of August we can expect to hear more stories in the news and about the news, so stay tuned.