1、A STUDY BYThe State of Journalism U.K.2023Research PartnersMethodologyWe surveyed 162 U.K.-based journalists from January 4th to February 6th,2023.The goal of this survey is to understand the current state of journalism and the future outlook of the industry by speaking to the people who produce the

2、 news.The self-administered online survey collected 162 responses from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Muck Rack distributed the survey with the help of 14 research partners including U.K.-based journalist organizations like Press Gazette and journalism.co.uk.Survey response

3、s were primarily sought through email and most respondents came from email outreach directly to journalists in Muck Racks database.The survey was open from January 1 until February 6,2023.Survey responses were checked for duplicates as well as inconsistent or low-effort responses and only completed

4、surveys were considered here.Due to the small sample size,its inadvisable to draw conclusions about the whole population of journalists in the U.K.from these results.The margin of error in that case would be around 7%.Instead,its best to think of this as an insight into the workings of this particul

5、ar group of respondents.Executive Summary U.K.-based journalists surveyed by Muck Rack were less likely than their global counterparts to cite media literacy and pay-for-play content among their top concerns for the industry.Around two thirds of respondents say economic uncertainty has affected thei

6、r work.Around one third has been affected by layoffs.U.K.-based journalists were more likely than journalists from other countries to say they produce 11 or more stories per week.Boomers were cited as a target audience less often by U.K.journalists than journalists from other countries.More U.K.jour