Proportion of UK journalists who agree they are concerned about their emotional and mental well-being

The more media platforms journalists produce for – at least ‘sometimes’ – the greater their concerns about their emotional and mental well-being.

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platf2. How often do you produce or edit content, or supervise its production, specifically for these platforms? safe3_C. Thinking about your work, please tell me how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements: I am concerned about my emotional and mental well-being.. Base: Produce for 1 to 3 platforms = 352, 4 to 6 = 549, 7 to 9 = 86. Distribution platforms = ‘Print’; ‘Radio’; ‘Television’; ‘Websites’; ‘News apps’; ‘Podcasts’; ‘Social media, such as Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram etc’; ‘Messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger etc’; ‘E-Mail newsletters’; and ‘Other’.

Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.