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Updated · TV News Check · Sep 9
Local TV News Employment Falls 2.2% to 26,458 for Second Straight Year
Updated
Updated · TV News Check · Sep 9

Local TV News Employment Falls 2.2% to 26,458 for Second Straight Year

1 articles · Updated · TV News Check · Sep 9

Summary

  • Local TV news stations employed 26,458 full-time workers in 2025, down 2.2% from a year earlier and marking a second consecutive annual decline.
  • The drop was reported in the latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University survey, which tracks staffing across the local television news industry.
  • The new tally points to continued contraction in local TV news employment after the sector had already posted a year-over-year decline in 2024.

Sources

TV News Check18h ago
Local TV News Employment Declines 2.2% in 2025 for Second Consecutive Year

Insights

As media giants consolidate and journalists face severe burnout, is the era of original local broadcasting quietly ending?
With local TV jobs vanishing and AI taking over, who will uncover your community's most critical stories tomorrow?

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