After a surprisingly strong rise the previous year, TV news employment went down 6.3% last year, according to the latest report from the RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey — from a record high 28,000 in the 2021 survey down to 26,250.
The biggest hits in full-time employment came in the smallest markets, which dropped 8.5% in staff size from last year to this, followed by markets 26 to 50, which fell 7.7%. The top 25 markets went down 4.1% while markets 51 to 150 actually went up, ever so slightly.