Over nine years, newsrooms shrank by 23%, according to a recent Pew Research survey.
Why it matters: The media landscape is changing, as employment from newspapers drop and digital media employment grows.
- 27,000 newsroom jobs were lost between 2008 and 2017.
- Newspaper employment dropped by 45% in the same period, decreasing from 71,000 jobs to 39,000.
- There was a 79% increase in digital-native newsroom employment from 2008-2017, growing from 7,400 workers to around 13,000.
- Cable television employment was relatively stable, sitting at 28,000 since 2008.
- There was a 27% decrease in radio broadcasting employment, dropping from 4,600 to 3,300 workers.
- Across all newsrooms, reporters made up the bulk (45-50%) of employment since 2008.
