Local TV Saw Increased Employment, Boosted Salaries in 2020

摘要

LocalTV news ended 2020 with both a record high in employment and increased salaries, according to a survey by RTDNA. However, 2021 has already seen some of those gains erased. A total 500 jobs were added to local TV news in 2020, more than making up for the 300 jobs lost in 2019, This brings the total full-time jobs in local TV news to 28.000, beating out the previous high set in 2009. However, more stations (30.2%) did report cutting jobs in 2020 than adding them (22.9%). Staffing was up across most market sizes, regions and networks, and digital and solo journalists positions were among the biggest gainers.