RTDNA, Newhouse School Partner on Annual Newsroom Survey

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Radio Television Digital News Association

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University will partner to conduct the annual Newsroom Survey. The survey, established in 1972, represents the only annual research of radio and television newsrooms, providing insight into staffing, salaries, news coverage, business operations -- and how local broadcast news is surviving in a digital world.

Bob Papper, emeritus distinguished professor of journalism at Hofstra University, has run the survey for 25 years. He will join the Newhouse School faculty effective this year.

"We are thrilled about this new partnership with RTDNA, and look forward to welcoming Bob Papper to Newhouse," said Newhouse School interim dean Amy Falkner. "This is a great opportunity to support and expand a resource that's so important to our field, and to keep it going for future students, faculty and journalists."

"Partnering with the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will allow RTDNA and the academic community to continue important, longstanding research, which has become the benchmark of record for areas critical to the industry, including diversity and innovation," added RTDNF Executive Director Dan Shelley. "As the preeminent professional association devoted exclusively to broadcast and digital journalism, we're proud to be working with one of the nation's most prestigious university public communications programs."

The 2020 Newsroom Survey is currently underway and results will be released later this year. Prior survey data can be found at RTDNA.org/research.