Research on Business Journalists' Salaries and Newsroom Hiring

Business Journalists on their Pay
and Newsroom Hiring
A research study commissioned
by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Survey conducted by Behavior Research Center
July 18-21, 2011

INTRODUCTION
This report was commissioned by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism and conducted by Behavior Research Center. Its purpose included asking business journalists about their pay and hiring in their newsrooms.
Other than the median salary data, the information is based on 258 phone interviews with randomly selected business journalists throughout the United States. Interviews were conducted July 18-21, 2011.
Total completed interviews in each media are as follows:
Print: 87
Broadcast: 57
Wire services: 87
Online: 27
The overall sampling error for this survey is +/- 5 percent at a 95 percent confidence interval.
The median salaries are aggregated from 773 respondents in 2010 and 2011.

Median Base Salaries for Business Journalists
Aggregated 2010-2011
Total interviewed = 773
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“Has your own pay increased, decreased or stayed about the same in the past two years or so?”
Phone (602) 258-4554  fax (602) 252-2729

“I’d like to talk a little more about your own newsroom. Is your newsroom currently hiring full-time journalists?”
Phone (602) 258-4554  fax (602) 252-2729

“In the past six months or so, has the number of journalists employed in your newsroom increased, stayed about the same or decreased?”
“And do you think the number of journalists employed in your newsroom will increase, stay about the same or decrease in the next six months?”
Phone (602) 258-4554  fax (602) 252-2729

“In the past six months or so, has the number of journalists devoted to covering business in your newsroom increased, stayed about the same or decreased?”
“And do you think the number of journalists devoted to covering business in your newsroom will increase, stay about the same or decrease in the next six months?”
Phone (602) 258-4554  fax (602) 252-2729

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