A survey investigating the safety of newsroom staff and journalists in the United States found that 20.4 percent of respondents from non-satellite TV stations said that their staff had been attacked in 2021. TV news staff in smaller markets were less likely to have been targeted, whereas in the top 25 markets in the country a total of 31 percent had experienced physical or verbal attacks that year.
Share of television newsroom employees and journalists attacked in the United States in 2021, by market size
*Survey was conducted among 1,780 operating, non-satellite television stations. Valid responses came from as many as 1,336 television stations.
Question: Have there been any attacks on newsroom employees this year?
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RTDNA. (May 5, 2022). Share of television newsroom employees and journalists attacked in the United States in 2021, by market size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310606/journalists-attacked-us-by-market/
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RTDNA. (2022). Share of television newsroom employees and journalists attacked in the United States in 2021, by market size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310606/journalists-attacked-us-by-market/
RTDNA. "Share of Television Newsroom Employees and Journalists Attacked in The United States in 2021, by Market Size." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310606/journalists-attacked-us-by-market/
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Share of television newsroom employees and journalists attacked in the United States in 2021, by market size [Graph], RTDNA, May 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310606/journalists-attacked-us-by-market/
