The number of full-time statehouse reporters at U.S. newspapers has declined 34% since 2014
There are 245 newspaper reporters who cover the statehouse full time in 2022 in the United States, down from 374 in 2014.
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There are 245 newspaper reporters who cover the statehouse full time in 2022 in the United States, down from 374 in 2014.
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Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
Staff layoffs continued to pummel the beleaguered U.S. newspaper industry in 2020, a period complicated by the impact of the pandemic.
Though this figure is a sliver of all PPP loans lent out to small businesses as of August, it represents a large segment of U.S. newspaper companies.
As of 2016, Sinclair, Nexstar, Gray, Tegna and Tribune owned an estimated 37% of all full-power local TV stations in the country.
Digital news continues to evolve, pushed by a variety of recent innovations. Here are 10 key findings that show how these shifts are reshaping Americans’ news habits.
Over the past two decades, major newspapers across the country have seen a recurring cycle of ownership changes and steep declines in value.
Media companies have dramatically expanding their local television holdings in recent years. Five companies own one-third of the about 1,400 local TV stations in the country.
The British cell phone hacking scandal of 2011 was a major catalyst for the creation of a new press watchdog.
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