Hiring, Departures, and Retention Trends

Yearly data on newsroom hires, departures, and retention rates for both journalists of color and white journalists, showing workforce stability and disparities in job retention.

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	Professionals of Color				White
	Total	Hires	Departures	Retention	Total	Hires	Departures	Retention
1985	3,080				50,735
1986	3,402	555	233	92%	50,583	2,821	2,973	94%
1987	3,589	580	393	88%	51,095	2,790	2,278	95%
1988	3,879	620	330	91%	51,380	2,758	2,473	95%
1989	4,236	608	251	94%	51,982	2,835	2,233	96%
1990	4,469	590	357	92%	52,415	2,464	2,031	96%
1991	4,857	724	336	92%	50,858	2,167	3,724	93%
1992	5,120	447	184	96%	49,410	1,521	2,969	94%
1993	5,496	553	177	97%	48,106	1,738	3,042	94%
1994	5,635	572	433	92%	48,076	2,342	2,372	95%
1995	5,874	513	274	95%	47,966	1,934	2,044	96%
1996	6,061	510	323	95%	48,916	1,919	969	98%
1997	6,113	530	478	92%	47,873	2,107	3,150	94%
1998	6,269	586	430	93%	48,451	2,146	1,568	97%
1999	6,363	586	492	92%	48,742	2,543	2,252	95%
2000	6,665	561	259	96%	49,574	2,608	1,776	96%
2001	6,563	596	698	90%	49,830	2,569	2,313	95%
2002	6,567	447	443	93%	47,847	1,845	3,828	92%
2003	6,855	489	201	97%	47,863	1,786	1,770	96%
2004	7,016	495	334	95%	47,178	1,704	2,389	95%
2005	7,267	533	282	96%	46,868	1,879	2,189	95%
2006	7,351	567	483	93%	46,210	2,007	2,665	94%
2007	7,392	465	424	94%	47,653	2,299	856	98%
2008	7,113	392	671	91%	45,485	1,832	4,000	92%
2009	6,259	262	1,116	84%	40,412	1,379	6,452	86%
2010	5,498	195	956	85%	35,960	1,215	5,667	86%
2011	5,323	324	499	91%	36,286	1,373	1,047	97%
2012	4,983	252	592	89%	35,583	1,313	2,016	94%
2013	4,814	285	454	91%	33,161	1,206	3,628	90%
2014	4,886	398	325	93%	31,835	1,372	2,697	92%
2015	4,164	349	1,072	78%	28,712	1,338	4,461	86%