02 July 2012, 020712, Australian newspapers, Fairfax, job cuts, journalism job cuts, journalists, News Ltd
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%).
02 July 2012, 020712, fairfax news, information age, journalism job cuts, journalists
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
|
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 |
|
| As we lose more and more professional journalists, we are losing the seasoned judgments of skilled and experienced professionals in gathering and assessing information – and that is a bad thing for Australia and Australian democracy. |
50% |
53% |
49% |
52% |
41% |
48% |
62% |
70% |
53% |
44% |
35% |
| With the internet, we all have access to a large amount of information and the loss of the professional journalists who work for the major newspapers in Australia really doesn’t matter that much. |
31% |
26% |
34% |
34% |
37% |
30% |
25% |
20% |
28% |
39% |
36% |
| Don’t know |
20% |
21% |
17% |
14% |
22% |
22% |
13% |
10% |
19% |
17% |
29% |
Respondents were more likely to agree with the statement that “As we lose more and more professional journalists, we are losing the seasoned judgments of skilled and experienced professionals in gathering and assessing information – and that is a bad thing for Australia and Australian democracy” (50%).
Those most likely to support this statement were aged 55+ (62%), daily newspaper readers (70%) and Victorians (58%).