{"id":10264,"date":"2020-04-07T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/decade-long-decline-in-newsroom-employment-hit-midcareer-workers-the-hardest\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T01:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T06:17:21","slug":"decade-long-decline-in-newsroom-employment-hit-midcareer-workers-the-hardest","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/04\/07\/decade-long-decline-in-newsroom-employment-hit-midcareer-workers-the-hardest\/","title":{"rendered":"Decade-long decline in newsroom employment hit midcareer workers the hardest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Newsroom employment dropped by a quarter<\/a> between 2008 and 2018, but the job cuts were not shouldered equally by journalists of all ages. Midcareer news workers \u2013 those ages 35 to 54 \u2013 were hit the hardest, accounting for the bulk of the decline, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of American Community Survey<\/a> data.<\/p>\n\n

The analysis comes at another difficult time for American newsrooms, as the effects of the coronavirus outbreak lead to layoffs, losses in advertising revenue and other challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

In the most recent 10-year period with available data, the number of full-time midcareer newsroom employees in the U.S. dropped by 42%, from about 52,900 to 30,800 workers. The number of newsroom workers ages 55 and older increased<\/em> by 31%, from about 16,400 to 21,400 \u2013 but not enough to offset the losses in the midcareer age group. By comparison, the number of younger newsroom employees (ages 18 to 34) remained relatively stable, with no significant change occurring over the decade.<\/p>\n\n

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