Number of full time daily newspaper journalists in U.S. 2010-2015

The data depicts the number of full time daily newspaper journalists in United States from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, there were 32,900 journalists employed full-time, which marks a loss of 3,800 employees from 2014. There were a total of 183,200 employees working in the newspaper industry in the U.S. in March 2016, a significant decrease from the 256,800 workers in March 2010. Some of the biggest newspaper publishing companies in the U.S. in 2016 included Gannett, New York Times, and McClatchy.