Political and class diversity also rank lowest in the US but most important to people personally

Percentages who think news organisations are doing well when it comes to different kinds of representation among journalists and how important each is personally to respondents

MGMT_DEI_JOB. In your opinion, how well, if at all, do you think news organisations in your country are doing when it comes to representation amongst journalists in each of the following? MGMT_DEI_IMPT. Thinking about diversity in news organisations and the extent to which different groups may be represented amongst journalists. How important, or not important, is it to you personally that news organisations in your country focus on each of the following? Base: US = 2,000. Note: 'Doing well' includes those who say 'very' and 'fairly well'. 'Important personally' includes those who say each kind of representation is 'very' or 'somewhat important' to them.
Source: 'Strategies for Building Trust in News.' A report published by the Reuters Institute in September 2023.

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