Almost one-in-five (22 percent) newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. metro areas, according to a Pew Research Center analysis, notes Grumpy Editor.
The analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau data from 2013 to 2017.
By comparison, the three metro areas --- financial, entertainment and political capitals of the United States –- are home to 13 percent of all U.S. workers, points out Pew.
As media capital of the world, New York, at 12 percent, has the greatest share of all U.S. newsroom employees – reporters, editors, photographers and videographers in the newspaper, broadcasting and internet publishing industries.
Los Angeles and Washington metro areas, are each home to 5 percent of the nation’s newsroom employees.
The remaining seven metro areas – Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia and Houston – each have between one percent and three percent of newsroom staffers.
Pew also finds between 2008 and 2018, the number of U.S. newsroom employees dropped from 114,000 to 86,000.
IN CASE YOUR FAVORITE NEWS OUTLETS MISSED THESE…
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FOX'S HERRIDGE MOVES TO CBS. Fox News chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is joining CBS News. She’ll be based at the Washington bureau.
21-YEAR-OLD BOTTLE FLOATS TO HAWAII. An Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher at a remote Hawaiian island finds a message in a bottle from a 1998 Washington state kindergarten class. The bottle also contains drawings and photo from the class in North Bend along with a typed message dated June 15, 1998.
WORLD SERIES VIEWERS DIP. This year’s World Series baseball action averages 13.91 million viewers, down 1.3 percent from last year and third lowest on record, notes Nielsen.
NO DRAPED FLAGS. Did TV viewers observe that there was a lack of usual patriotic decorations of the stadium in Houston?
AIR FORCE ALLOWS UNLIMITED REENLISTMENTS. Starting Nov. 18, those in the Air Force with at least 12 years of service at their date of discharge can reenlist for an unspecified period, extending their enlistment term to the year they must be promoted or face separation, also known as the high year tenure mark.
APPLES RECALLED FROM MARKETS. A Michigan produce supplier is recalling half a dozen apple varieties due to concerns the fruit might be contaminated with listeria. The recall involves nearly 2,300 cases and two bulk bins of fresh apples shipped between Oct. 16 and 21 to distributors and retailers in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.
HIGHER SEA LEVELS MAY AFFECT MORE. Rising sea levels are on track to affect about three times more people by 2050 than originally thought. New research by Climate Central suggests 300 million homes will be affected by coastal flooding in the next 30 years.
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