Statistics for Careers & Jobs in Journalism

Journalism Careers Statistics

“The Valley of the Dolls” by Jacqueline Susann is thought to be the world's best-selling novel, with Margaret Mitchell's “Gone With the Wind” its closest competitor for the title. (Internet Public Library)
55 million newspapers are purchased on a daily basis, while 59 million are purchased on Sundays. (Journalism.org – State of the News Media 2004)
Agatha Christie is the world's best-selling fiction author, with more than two billion copies of her works sold. (Guinness Book of World Records)
In 2002, there were 1,457 newspapers currently publishing in the United States, 17% less than 22 years prior. (Journalism.org – State of the News Media 2004)
In 2003, there were 17,670 magazines in print and online. (DM News)
The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications currently accredits 109 journalism programs in the United States. (Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications)
The average freelance writer commands an annual income in the range of $40,000-$49,999. (American Society of Journalists and Authors)
Writers and editors worked in approximately 320,000 positions in 2004. Of these positions, writers/authors held 142,000; editors, 127,000; and technical writers, 50,000. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)