Latest survey of the news biz

[Bob Jersey]

Led by Hofstra emeritus professor and industry vet Bob Papper for RTDNA...

the number of TV stations originating local news is up, and the number of stations running local news is close to last year’s all-time high...

the number of hours of local TV news has hit an all-time high...

for the second year, local TV news employment surpasses the newspaper workforce....

...and news coverage in public media is growing, as are investigative and community-impact reporting.

http://rtdna.org/article/2019_research_local_tv_and_radio_news_strengths (link)

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