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July 19, 2024

Journalists Sense Turmoil in Their Industry Amid Continued Passion for Their Work

Journalists largely find social media harmful, but see ways it helps their jobs

Journalists largely find social media harmful, but see ways it helps their jobs

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Journalists Sense Turmoil in Their Industry Amid Continued Passion for Their Work
Just over half of journalists think every side does not always deserve equal coverage
About four-in-ten journalists have been harassed by someone outside their outlet, often through social media
Journalists are passionate about what they do but have deep concerns about the news industry
Older journalists much more concerned about the future of press freedom
Two-thirds of journalists say their news outlet has enough gender diversity; about a third say this for race, ethnicity and fewer than half say their outlet makes diversity a top priority
Journalists largely find social media harmful, but see ways it helps their jobs
Journalists and the American public stand far apart on how well they think news outlets do in many of their core functions
Public more pessimistic than journalists on whether it’s possible to report news nearly all see as accurate
Journalists are far more concerned than the public about politically like-minded people clustering around the same news outlets
Most journalists say news organizations should report on public figures’ false statement