What percentage of newsroom employees were women, and how did representation differ between print and online-only organizations?

This data shows the percentage of women working in daily print and online-only news organizations, providing a comparative view of gender diversity in newsrooms.

201620172018 FT only2018 FT+PT
Daily Print38.14%38.88%40.85%41.18%
Online-Only49.61%47.80%50.03%52.19%
Overall38.65%39.13%41.58%42.20%

This data was captured before API’s ownership of the survey. Read more about data integrity.

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