$135
Hourly rate Ferguson, MO, officials charge journalists who seek access to public records related to the Michael Brown shooting
33
Percentage of Hispanic Americans who think the media cover their communities accurately
19
Percentage of African-Americans who believe local news stations cover the black community more accurately than other news sources
49
Percentage of Hispanic Americans who believe that ethnic media cover the Hispanic community more accurately than other news sources
1,349
Number of polls analyzed in FiveThirtyEight’s Senate forecast model as of October 19
84
Percentage of Americans who saw, heard, or read news of the James Foley and Steven Sotloff beheadings. According to Mark Murray, NBC News’ senior political editor, it was the highest media penetration of any news event of the past five years.
$1.57
Revenue earned by print newspapers per hour of reader attention in 2012, down from $2.78 in 2008
200
Approximate number of reporters who covered Hillary Clinton’s appearance at Senator Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry in Indianola, IA, in mid-September
Sources: Politico, American Press Institute, FiveThirtyEight, NBC News, The Washington Post, American Economic Review
The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.