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  • MANAGERS1: % who are “very comfortable” with each of the following technologies or digital practices

    Managers Staff members Responding to reader comments/questions 53% 40% Social media platforms 51% 49% Digital tools to verify 50% 44% Content management systems 47% 31% [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS12: Biggest benefit that new technologies bring to journalism

    Managers Staff members People can access news from anywhere 66% 66% Technology lets you tell and report stories in ways that weren’t possible before 63% [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS20: How people feel about their job security

    Managers Staff members Very secure 24% 20% Fairly secure 50% 47% Not sure 4% 5% Not too secure 13% 17% Not secure at all 9% [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS22: Gained new responsibilities in the past 5 years

    Managers Staff members Duties added to existing job responsibilities 68% 62% Engaged in an interesting innovation project 48% 31% Started in a new job that [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS23: Obstacles affecting ability to do their job

    Managers Staff members Organization resources and staffing 59% 47% The challenge of keeping up with new tools and technology 40% 36% Changing or unclear goals [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS25: Methodology graduation year

    Managers Staff members 1980 and before 29.9% 20.7% 1981 – 1995 28.3% 21.9% 1996 – 2005 18.2% 20.0% 2006 – 2015 23.6% 37.4%  

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS26: Methodology employment status

    Managers Staff members Full-time 69.4% 59.8% Part-time 3.0% 6.7% Freelancing full-time/consulting 7.5% 16.5% Currently not employed/seeking employment 3.1% 4.0% Currently employed full time but seeking [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS3: % who said skill is very important for someone in their field

    Managers Staff members Leadership 58% 42% Marketing in new ways 48% 38% Fluency with data 39% 31% Entrepreneurial skills 35% 32% Business of media 34% [...]

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS4: Non-managers more likely to believe … is more important for someone in their field

    Managers Staff members Career development 45% 49% Audio recording 41% 46% Skills for video 36% 38% Skills for photography 25% 27%

    September 15, 2017
  • MANAGERS5: Managers and non-managers similarly believe that …. is important for someone in their field

    Managers Staff members Ethics 88% 85% Writing skills 87% 87% Newsgathering skills 73% 73% Social media skills 56% 54% Investigative reporting 45% 46% Media law [...]

    September 15, 2017
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