They'll understand that consumers will continue to adopt new technologies for news consumption with enthusiasm. They'll recognize that digital news will soon be as important as the printed page. They won't let up just because Nasdaq stock prices took a temporary wrong turn. No one should expect this to be easy. The next couple of years will be difficult for news companies.
Younger journalists are likely to adapt to the new environment more easily than grizzled veterans.
For older employees, news companies will need to establish training programs or, at the least, support workers' efforts to retrain themselves for the new newsroom. The current spate of online news layoffs sends a message that tomorrow's newsrooms must be more efficient, and so must news workers. No longer will a news gatherer work only for TV or radio or interactive. Correspondents whose expertise is TV reporting must know how to write for interactive and provide tracks for radio and deliver for them as needed. The news industry cannot afford that.