Report | April 5, 2022 X Facebook Threads LinkedIn WhatsApp Share Total Number of U.S. Statehouse Reporters Rises, but Fewer Are on the Beat Full Time Appendix B: Detailed tables By Elisa Shearer, Katerina Eva Matsa, Amy Mitchell, Mark Jurkowitz, Kirsten Worden and Naomi Forman-Katz Table of Contents Total Number of U.S. Statehouse Reporters Rises, but Fewer Are on the Beat Full Time 1. About half of statehouse reporters cover statehouse legislative sessions full time 2. Statehouse reporters by outlet type: Nonprofit news grows as newspaper presence declines 3. Statehouse press corps grows in most states, with some notable exceptions 4. How COVID-19 has impacted the work of some statehouse journalists 5. Coverage of tribal governments: In many cases, a struggle for editorial independence Appendix A: Number of statehouse reporters by state in 2014 and 2022 Appendix B: Detailed tables Acknowledgments Methodology Next: Acknowledgments ← Prev Page 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 Next Page → Report PDFU.S. statehouse reporters by state
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