Andrew Pantazi was reporting on the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Florida earlier this month when he was forced to take an unpaid week off. He’ll do the same in May and June.
As the pandemic-fueled recession wreaks havoc on the news industry, the 28-year-old reporter at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville is one of hundreds who have been furloughed, taken pay cuts or let go outright.
The journalists are being forced to the sidelines during one of the biggest stories of their careers, unable to serve readers hungry for information. While the pandemic is driving record readership at ...
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