Namibia: 40 Journalists Lose Jobs Since 2016

Close to 40 journalists lost their jobs over the past three years as local media houses restructured in the face of dwindling advertising and the onslaught from the internet.

Just recently, the Windhoek Observer, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, decided to let go of three journalists in an attempt to restructure, while Namibian Economist let got of 12 staff when it migrated to online in 2016. The Villager has also migrated to digital.

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