The State of Journalism 2022 Social media habits, reporting strategies, PR pitching preferences and more A STUDY BYResearch partners 2About this survey WE SURVEYED 2,547 JOURNALISTS FROM JANUARY 4th to JANUARY 25th, 2022. ● Role: 64% are full-time journalists, editorial writers or bloggers, 19% are full-time freelance journalists and 12% create journalistic content but supplement their income with other work. Of the 5% that listed ‘Other,’ write in responses included editorial functions such as editor, blogger and producer. ● ● Experience: 32% have been a journalist for 20+ years. 25% have been a journalist for 10-20 years. 21% have 6-10 years experience, while 5% have 1-2 years experience. Finally, 1% have under 1 year of journalistic experience. Medium: 74% of journalists primarily report in online formats. Of those, 41% report online (with a print edition) and 33% report online (with no print edition). From the respondents who selected 'other,’ the most common format was print with online editions. Most journalists surveyed produce content in at least one additional medium monthly. ● Beat: The average journalist covers 4 beats (this is up from last year’s