The percentage of minority journalists working in US daily newsrooms declined slightly to 13.62 percent this year, according an annual newsroom census. The ASNE census found that nearly 57,000 full-time journalists now work in daily newsrooms in the US. The number of minority journalists increased by about 200 to nearly 7,800. Although the number of minorities [...]

The newspaper industry in Asia remains unaffected by the problems of a stagnating market and declining circulation that have been plaguing the newspaper industry in the West. In fact, the industry is expected to grow in the next 5-10 years, according to a just-released report by Ifra, the world’s leading association for newspaper and media [...]

AMMAN, 13 Jun 2006 (IRIN) – Media in the Arab world operates in an environment that restricts freedom of opinion amid ongoing state control over major news organisations, according to a recent survey conducted by the Amman Human Rights Centre (AHRC). “Arab regimes are increasingly imposing restrictions on journalists to prevent them from exposing their practices, [...]

A new report has highlighted a worldwide trend of experienced senior staff being replaced by younger graduates who are often employed on a casual or freelance basis and on less pay. The report –The Changing Nature of Work: A Global Survey – polled 41 journalists’ organisations in 38 countries that are affiliated to the International [...]

Press freedom worldwide is deteriorating, with 38 journalists murdered in the past six months and increasing pressure on freedom of expression in many countries, according to the annual half-year review of press freedom by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The report, presented Saturday to the Board of the Paris-based WAN on the eve of the [...]

Newspaper circulations worldwide rose slightly in 2005 while newspaper advertising revenues showed the largest increase in four years, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) announced Monday. WAN said global newspaper sales were up 0.56 per cent over the year, and had increased 6 per cent over the past five years. Much of the sales growth [...]

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhuanet) — Men still play the dominate role in China’s media industry, and most news stories disregard or reveal insensitive attitude towards gender problems, according to a survey released by China’s Women Reporter Association Saturday. Among China’s broadcasters, 69 percent are female, and among journalists, 54 percent are female. However, about 81 [...]