Read it and Weep: COVID-19 lays waste to Virginia newspapers

"It’s getting hard to keep track of the bad news about the news right now. But we have to." - Kristen Hare, Poynter

Poynter has been keeping track of newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus since the beginning of April 2020, and Virginia has been particularly hard hit, courtesy in large part to Lee Enterprises. Not mentioned in this list, like The Roanoke Times, the Daily Progress is also selling its office building. Here is Poynter’s Virgi…