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April 6, 2020

Decade-long decline in newsroom employment hit midcareer workers the hardest

Midcareer newsroom workers declined by 42% between 2008 and 2018

Midcareer newsroom workers declined by 42% between 2008 and 2018

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Midcareer newsroom workers declined by 42% between 2008 and 2018

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Decade-long decline in newsroom employment hit midcareer workers the hardest
Share of newsroom employees ages 35 to 54 dropped from about half in 2008 to about a third in 2018
Midcareer newsroom workers declined by 42% between 2008 and 2018
Share of nonwhite newsroom employees increased between 2008 and 2018, but the overall number of nonwhite journalists remained relatively flat