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Newspaper Newsroom Work Force

1977-2005

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Source: American Society of Newspaper Editors, Newsroom Employment Census, 2006

Minorities include Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.

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Newspaper Newsroom Work Force
1977-2005

Total
Newsroom
Work Force
Number of Minorities
in Workforce
1977
43000
1700
1978
45000
1900
1979
47000
2300
1980
45500
2400
1981
49000
2700
1982
50000
2800
1983
50400
2900
1984
53800
3100
1985
54000
3400
1986
54700
3600
1987
55300
3900
1988
56200
4200
1989
56900
4500
1990
55700
4900
1991
54500
5100
1992
53600
5500
1993
53700
5600
1994
53800
5900
1995
55000
6100
1996
54000
6100
1997
54700
6300
1998
55100
6400
1999
56200
6700
2000
56400
6600
2001
54400
6600
2002
54700
6900
2003
54200
7000
2004
54100
7300
2005
53500
7600
 

Source: American Society of Newspaper Editors, Newsroom Employment Census, 2006
Minorities include Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.
ASNE dates its data according to the release date. PEJ presents the data according to the year the data was compiled.

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