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November 25, 2019

10 charts about America’s newsrooms

About a fifth of newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or D.C.

About a fifth of newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or D.C.

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About a fifth of newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or D.C.

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10 charts about America’s newsrooms
Newsroom employees far more likely than college-educated workers overall to have a degree in arts and humanities
Newsroom employees are more likely to be white and male than all U.S. workers
Newsroom employees with a college degree earn less than college-educated workers overall
Mid-market newspapers in U.S. were most likely to experience layoffs in 2018
About a fifth of newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or D.C.
Four-in-ten newsroom employees working for online outlets live in the Northeast, three-in-ten in the West
A smaller share of U.S. newspapers had layoffs in 2018 but a larger share experienced more than one round