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  • Jul, 2012

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    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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