As Newsrooms Shed Jobs, Journalists Wonder Who Will Keep the Powers That Be Honest
Amy Brothers was out of the office and on assignment when she got the call that she was being laid off from her job as a multimedia producer at The Denver Post. The news hit her hard and came at a time when Brothers was busier than ever, covering stories about the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The day she was let go, she was filming a video about a company that had transitioned from making wrestling singlets to protective masks for health care workers.