Comparison of the age and gender distributions of UK-based journalists sampled in this survey and in the 2021 Census of England and Wales

Note: Our survey includes journalists working in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the 2021 Census data we used does not. The Census data presented here corresponds to biological sex at birth, whereas we asked respondents about their gender.
Source: 'AI adoption by UK journalists and their newsrooms: Surveying applications, approaches, and attitudes', published in November 2025.

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