The Lakeville Journal Company published an editorial at the start of this month outlining its plans for the foreseeable future. The company has been working remotely since mid-March.
With advertising down, “The Lakeville Journal and Millerton News will need to make even more changes during this time of crisis to make it through,” the editorial read.
The company is currently researching whether or not it can receive financial aid from the government.
Here’s an excerpt:
Next week, for the issues of April 9, we will cut back our print run to accommodate only subscriptions and a few key single-copy sale outlets in each of our towns, so there are fewer places for our drivers to go to drop off and pick up papers as time goes on. It may even come to where we need to go all online to sustain our ability to continue to publish and maintain the ability to inform our readers long term. We also want to keep our staff, and people they come into contact with, safe and well during this crisis.
