In how many newsrooms did women hold the majority of leadership positions?

This data shows the percentage of newsrooms where women were the majority in leadership positions, comparing trends between print and online news organizations.

201620172018
Daily Print17.34%17.02%16.50%
Online-Only36.26%31.75%31.70%
Overall19.67%18.41%21.90%

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

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