Report | June 14, 2022 Journalists Sense Turmoil in Their Industry Amid Continued Passion for Their Work Appendix: Detailed tables of the composition of the journalist survey sample X Facebook Threads LinkedIn WhatsApp Mail Print Add Us On Google By Jeffrey Gottfried, Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz and Jacob Liedke Table of Contents Journalists Sense Turmoil in Their Industry Amid Continued Passion for Their Work 1. Journalists express high job satisfaction but are concerned about the state of the news industry 2. Journalists highly concerned about misinformation, future of press freedoms 3. Many journalists say social media helps at work, but most decry its impact on journalism 4. Journalists and the public differ on how journalists are doing, how connected they are 5. Journalists see political sorting of news audiences as a much bigger problem than the public does 6. Journalists give industry mixed reviews on newsroom diversity, lowest marks in racial and ethnic diversity 7. Older journalists most content in their work, younger journalists more likely to find social media helpful 8. TV journalists most likely to experience harassment; online outlets most likely to see newsroom expansion Acknowledgments Appendix: Detailed tables of the composition of the journalist survey sample Methodology Next: Methodology ← Prev Page 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next Page → Report PDFToplineWhat do journalists think the news industry does best and worst?
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