
The digital wobble and return of the experts
The start of the year was not a good time for online media outlets - but their woes could herald worse news for those who looked to emulate them. In January and February, Buzzfeed and Vice both announced staff layoffs across their digital media teams. This, in itself, would come as no surprise to members of the media and journalism society. Redundancies are a way of life, indeed it was one of the things which my journalism tutor predicted would be a certainty for all of us -