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Table 54

Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 54
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Total
Job
market Newsroom Reportere/Photo Other Editor ME/AME Editor
Base (% of market): 100% 46% 38% 9%
Age 18-24 3 5 2 <
25-34 27 35 24 14
35-44 35 33 37 38
45-54 26 20 28 34
55-64 8 6 8 13
65 and older 1 1 1 1
Median age 40 38 41 44
High school graduate 1 < 1 <
Some college 10 9 9 15
College graduate 60 62 62 51
Some postgraduate courses 14 13 15 17
Postgraduate degree 15 16 13 17
Democrat 25 27 25 20
Lean towards Democrat 28 28 29 28
Independent 17 17 16 23
Republican 6 5 8 5
Lean towards Republican 9 8 9 10
Libertarian 2 1 2 3
No party affiliation 13 14 11 11
White 89 87 90 89
African-American 5 5 4 5
Hispanic 3 4 3 3
Other 3 4 3 3
Have worked in journalism for
Less than 5 years 13 19 9 1
5 to less than 10 years 15 18 12 5
10 to less than 20 years 35 34 39 34
20 years or more 37 29 40 60
Note: < = less than 0.5%.

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