Published: October 31, 1997
Last Updated: January 12, 2000
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The Newspaper Journalists of the '90s Who they are . . . and what they think about the major issues facing their profession. By Paul S. Voakes A representative sample (1996) of newsroom employees at daily newspapers probes. Job satisfaction, attitudes about journalism and newspapers,  and the demographics of the newsroom. This site presents the analysis of the data, the questionnaire used in the study, and the responses, including breakdowns of the data by sex, race, sexual orientation and a comparison to a similar study done by ASNE in 1988.
	Analysis What We Found  The Journalists  Attitudes  Profiles of the Workforce  The Role of Newspapers  Getting Online  RSI in the Newsroom  Perspectives on the Findings  Messages for Managers  The Questionnaire and  How the Survey Was Done Acknowledgments