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“One potential reason that figure is so high is because this year is an election year, [Matt Albasi, a data journalist at Muck Rack, which conducted the survey] said. Newsrooms are putting resources towards covering the election, and that energy shift affects all desks…The journalists surveyed reported that their primary sources of stress include their workload, salary and the expectation that they always be ‘on.’ Nearly two-thirds of respondents said they work more than 40 hours a week, and the vast majority, or 80%, said they work outside regular business hours at least once a week.” —
Tags:
burnout,
Matt Albasi,
mental health,
Muck Rack,
Poynter
