The Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media’s Research Director Jessica Mahone recently wrote a guest piece on why people leave or stay in journalism for the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma’ Well-Being In News blog.
Mahone touched on key findings from CISLM’s survey of more than 600 current and former U.S. local journalists.
Journalists with shorter work hours were more likely to stay in journalism.
Low pay was cited as a big reason journalists consider leaving the field. There are also limited opportunities for advancement, indicated by the low pay gap between journalists of varying years of experience.
Journalists who are part of a union are more likely to stay, the survey also found.
Finally, those who stayed in journalism are more optimistic about the future of the field than those who left.
Read the full article from Well-Being In News here.