In 2021, just 104,290 people were employed in the U.S. newspaper industry. This marked a drop of 70 percent over the 15-year period shown - in 2006, the industry employed over 365 thousand people. The number of newsroom employees more than halved, falling from 75 thousand to less than 30 thousand.
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Poynter Institute. (June 29, 2022). Number of employees in the newspaper industry in the United States in 2006 and 2021, by profession [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/626459/number-employees-newspaper-industry/
Poynter Institute. "Number of employees in the newspaper industry in the United States in 2006 and 2021, by profession." Chart. June 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626459/number-employees-newspaper-industry/
Poynter Institute. (2022). Number of employees in the newspaper industry in the United States in 2006 and 2021, by profession. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626459/number-employees-newspaper-industry/
Poynter Institute. "Number of Employees in The Newspaper Industry in The United States in 2006 and 2021, by Profession." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/626459/number-employees-newspaper-industry/
Poynter Institute, Number of employees in the newspaper industry in the United States in 2006 and 2021, by profession Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/626459/number-employees-newspaper-industry/ (last visited September 12, 2024)
Number of employees in the newspaper industry in the United States in 2006 and 2021, by profession [Graph], Poynter Institute, June 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/626459/number-employees-newspaper-industry/
