TOP INSIGHTS: WHICH SECTOR HAS THE MOST WHAT TOPICS PAY THE MOST? INSECURE WORKFORCE? Pay, gender, The salary ranges of journalists When looking at each media sector, covering Politics, Health, Business TV had the highest rate of full-time job roles and and Education were higher ($80,000 employees with more than three- -$ 99,000 p.a was the leading salary quarters of respondents in TV (76%) topics range for these journalists) compared working in full-time roles. with salary ranges for journalists covering Entertainment, Lifestyle In contrast, while the survey showed and Sport ($60,000-79,000 p.a was a lift in respondents working in print the leading salary range for these media compared with last year’s journalists). results, print media had the most insecure workforce across all media Almost three quarters of respondents types — even more so than podcasts. covering Sport-related news (74%) Almost a quarter of respondents still earn under $100,000 per year, working in the print medium said they this is interesting given the commercial were freelancers. value of sports content. There was a similar trend in respondents that cover Entertainment news (typically an industry with more commercial value/ advertising power) where 73% were paid less than $100,000 per annum. There was a similar trend in entertainment news (typically an industry with more commercial value/ advertising power) where 73% were paid less than $100,000 per annum. Print media had the most insecure workforce across all media types — even more so than podcasts. Almost a quarter of respondents working in the print medium said they were freelancers. Medianet 2024 Australian Media Landscape Report 30