Associated Press Confirms Journalist Layoffs

(AP) – The Associated Press has confirmed it is laying off an unspecified number of U.S.-based journalists. The layoffs are part of a restructuring that would turn the news organization’s focus away from print journalism and newspapers to visual journalism and other revenue sources. The AP would not say how many employees were affected. The News Media Guild, which represents AP journalists, said 20 journalists had been laid off by mid-afternoon Friday. AP said the layoffs were in-Iine with a restructuring that would “align our operations with what our top customers need from us today.”