ABSTRACT
The statistical “profile” of U.S. journalists in 2002 is similar to that of 1992. The typical journalist then was a White Protestant married male in his 30s with a bachelor’s degree. In 2002, this average journalist was a married White male just over 40, less likely to come from a Protestant religious background, and slightly more likely to hold a bachelor’s degree. But this journalist was still more likely to work for a daily newspaper than any other type of news medium in 2002, to have attended a public college or university, to work for a news organization owned by a larger company, and to have not majored in journalism in college. As in 1992, this picture, based on averages, masks many of the important differences in U.S. news people that are discussed in much greater detail throughout this book.
