RFP Staff
♦With subscribership plummeting and print room employees now tasked with mail room duties as staff disappears, the Salisbury Post struggles to keep alive with increased belt-tightening. Last week we learned Salisbury Post reporter Nathan Hardin is moving on to the Fayetteville Observer. We wish Nathan the best in his new endeavor. He will follow Karissa Minn, the previous political reporter, who left to become a grant writer. Another of their newsroom staff is about to give notice according to sources within the Post.
How much longer will the Post stay afloat is hard to guess. Last year the parent company in Charleston put the Salisbury Post up for sale along with their other print holdings. So far no takers. Small city and town print media are an endangered species as most readers move into the digital age. The overhead and distribution of “paper” newspapers is far too costly especially if subscribership and classified sales continue trending downward.
When the Post sinks below the waves, we will go full service. We are getting our ducks in a row.
Meanwhile pray for the employees of the Salisbury Post. There are already too many unemployed in this city and too few jobs.
