Newspaper newsroom employment fell 57% between 2008 and 2020, from roughly 71,000 jobs to less than 31,000. At the same time, the number of digital-native newsroom employees rose 144%, from 7,400 workers in 2008 to about 18,000 in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center.
Overall newsroom employment — including newspapers, radio, broadcast television, cable — in the United States has dropped by 26% since 2008, the center said.
The analysis was based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
