The majority of TV newsroom employees in the United States in 2021 were white, with African American staff and Hispanic and Latino employees making up less than 25 percent of the total. The survey projected that the share of Hispanic and Latino employees would increase slightly in 2022 but the forecasted percentage remains low. Asian Americans have even less representation, accounting for less than three percent of the TV newsroom workforce.
Distribution of employees in TV newsrooms in the United States from 2017 to 2022, by ethnicity
*Data for 2022 is projected. Surveys are held in the fourth quarter of each year and are representative of the coming year, for example data for 2022 was gathered in Q4 2021.
The survey held in Q4 2021 was conducted among 1,780 operating, non-satellite television stations. Valid responses came from 1,336 television stations.
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RTDNA. (November 16, 2022). Distribution of employees in TV newsrooms in the United States from 2017 to 2022, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/878976/tv-newsroom-employees-ethnicity/
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