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    If you’ve recently been laid off, I’m sorry. Losing a job is emotionally, practically and financially destabilizing — especially when your identity and sense of purpose are closely tied to your work, as they are for many writers and editors.  But let me offer some hope. When I took a last-minute buyout after 15 years…

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    As if frigid temperatures, catastrophic wildfires, and an administration that belittles science and the media weren’t rough enough, January 2025 also left hundreds of journalists without jobs.  If you’re one of them, I’m so sorry. Getting laid off is emotionally, practically, and financially destabilizing, especially when your identity and sense of purpose are tightly tied…

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