The latest cuts to the Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom are heartbreaking. For the talented journalists who lost their jobs, for their colleagues who remain, and for the community they have worked tirelessly to serve.

But this loss extends far beyond one newsroom and, unfortunately, these cuts are not occurring in isolation.

Across our community and throughout the media industry, we have watched newsrooms shrink, experienced journalists lose their jobs, positions go unfilled, and remaining reporters, photographers, editors, producers, anchors, and other journalists asked to do more with fewer resources.

Each announcement brings its own circumstances and difficult business realities. But taken together, they represent something larger that should concern all of us: the continued erosion of the local journalism infrastructure our communities depend upon.

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