Journalists

41% of U.S. journalists who are employed at least part time at a news outlet say they would join a union if it were available to them.

55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.

The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.  

Nearly 12,000 U.S.-based journalists in a pair of open-ended questions were asked to write down the one thing the news industry does the best job of these days and what it does worst.

A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.

Most of our research on the U.S. news environment has been from the viewpoint of the public, but this time we surveyed journalists themselves.

About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues.

Nearly three out of four U.S. adults say that, in general, it’s important for journalists to function as watchdogs over elected officials.

Overall, about two-in-ten Americans say they have ever spoken with or been interviewed by a local journalist.

There are partisan divisions over certain aspects of local news reporting, including whether local journalists should express views on local issues.