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)
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