Numbers: Our Data Library
This library contains all data PEJ creates or collects about the news media. The selections below will appear as charts you can customize. Use the menus on the left to filter the data according to your interests.
| | Source: RTNDA/Ball State University, Newsroom Surveys, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | Radio stations in the second-level markets were the most likely to be showing a profit in 2004. |
| | Source: 2005 RTNDA/Ball State University Newsroom Survey, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | The larger the newsroom, the more radio journalists are likely to be paid, but even in the largest markets the salaries on average are low. |
| | Source: 2005 RTNDA/Ball State University Newsroom Survey, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | Serving multiple stations has become common in radio, but providing news to more than one station does not necessarily correlate to higher pay. |
| | Source: RTNDA/Ball State University Newsroom Surveys, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | Working for a group-owned station does not translate into high pay for radio news professionals. |
| | Source: Pew Research Center fof the People and the Press, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | Newspapers have seen decline audiences in the past decades, while online news has witnessed growth |
| | Source: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies unpublished data, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | The revenue of alternative weekly newspaper industry as reported to its trade association has more than tripled since 1992. |
| | Source: BIAfn Media Access Pro, unpublished data, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | While news is a more important part of the mix for some radio companies than others, it is not a dominant source of revenue for any of the biggest radio companies in the country.
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| | Source: Sabrina Jones, ’’Hispanics Surpass Blacks as a Growth Market for Ads,’’ Washington Post, Jan. 5, 2004, E01, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | Between the two major Spanish language TV channels, Univision tends to own more of its affiliates, while Telemundo does not. |
| | Source: Arbitron, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | Research from the ratings company Arbitron suggests the older one gets, the more time one is likely to spend listening to the radio. |
| | Source: Middletown Media Studies, Spring 2004, Date Posted: March 13, 2006 | | The research method used dramatically influences the findings in trying to understand how much people listen to the radio. Direct observation tends to suggest people consume more radio than they recall on surveys or record in ratings “diaries.” |
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