Journalists working at local television stations are experiencing more burnout now than they did in the past, according to a just-released survey of television news directors.
The Desk.net reports the study, released by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), reflects an industry that is expecting local reporters, producers, editors and other key news staff to do more work with fewer resources and less support from able-bodied colleagues.
The organization worked with the Newhouse School at Syracuse University to screen responses collected from nearly 1,400 news directors at local television stations in late 2022, several months before major media companies laid off workers and closed newsroom across the country.
Even still, the situation at local television stations was mostly dire, with more than 68 percent of news directors reporting a high amount of pressure and stress among their workers brought on by exhaustion, high tempers and a general feeling that corporate executives have little regard for their needs.
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