TV stations employ fewer people in local TV news, but the stations are pumping out more news than ever. Even as staffing fell by 400 last year, the amount of news increased from 4.7 hours to 5 hours per weekday, according to the RTNDA/Hofstra University Annual Survey.
Though 400 lost their local TV news jobs last year, it’s a far cry from 2008 when 1,200 lost their jobs.
In 2009, 770 TV stations produced original local news, shared with another 205 stations for a total of 975.
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