Proportion of UK journalists with each type of employment contract

The proportion of UK journalists with a permanent contract decreased between 2015 and 2023, and the number of freelancers has increased.

empl. Which of the following categories best describes your current working situation as a journalist? Base: 2015 = 700, 2023 = 1130. Note: The 2015 survey asked about 'temporary' employment and the 2023 survey asked about 'fixed-term' employment, which are treated as the same here.
Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.

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