Economics
Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying
- For every reporter there are six PR workers, Census reports
- Number of PR specialists to keep rising, Labor Department says
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists.
Public relations jobs exceeded those of reporters by more than six-to-one last year, up from less than two-to-one 20 years ago, according to data from the U.S. Census.