A report released in 2022 found that 25 percent of statehouse journalists in the United States were employed by newspapers at the time of survey that year, down from 38 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, the share of U.S. statehouse reporters employed by non-profits increased from six to 20 percent during the same time period, making non-profits the second-largest employer of U.S. statehouse journalists. The source attributed this change to cutbacks in the newspaper industry.
Distribution of U.S. statehouse reporters employed in the United States in 2014 and 2022, by outlet type
*Survey dates were reported by the source as follows: August 2013 to March 2014 and September 23, 2021 to March 11. 2022.
**'Other outlet types' includes government insider publications, business/professional publications, ideological outlets, multi-platform outlets, and outlets coded as 'other'.
Numbers may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.
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