Concern about Cutting Journalists
Q. Australia’s major newspaper publishers – News and Fairfax – recently announced substantial job cuts, including many journalists. How concerned are you that Australian newspapers are losing so many professional journalists?
|
Total |
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
Read daily |
Read a few times a week |
Read about once a week |
Read less often/ never |
|
| Very concerned |
20% |
26% |
19% |
23% |
15% |
21% |
26% |
34% |
24% |
14% |
12% |
| Somewhat concerned |
28% |
28% |
29% |
34% |
28% |
29% |
27% |
34% |
34% |
24% |
22% |
| A little concerned |
29% |
28% |
29% |
22% |
31% |
29% |
26% |
21% |
25% |
37% |
32% |
| Not at all concerned |
17% |
16% |
18% |
16% |
18% |
16% |
17% |
9% |
14% |
21% |
23% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
2% |
5% |
5% |
7% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
12% |
20% were very concerned and 28% somewhat concerned about job cuts to newspaper journalists.
68% of daily readers of newspapers were very/somewhat concerned.
Those most concerned were aged 55+ (53%) and respondents from Victoria (59%).
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