ABC NEWS: June 2011 productivity report

Summary Report for Policy Makers: ABC NEWS - Continuing to do Less with More

Stories: Total stories posted in ABC News Archives for June 2011 was 5908. This is the lowest on record, 758 less stories than last year's poor performance, nearly 3000 less stories than 2008.

Year  Total Stories 
2003      7230 
2004      6920 
2005      6899 
2006      6995 
2007      7988 
2008      8894 
2009      7134 
2010      6666
2011      5908
Staffing: Staff numbers for ABC News for financial year 2010-2011 are not yet available. Using a model of ABC staff numbers we predict staff levels for June 2011 to be approximately 960.84 (note actual figures will be posted when released by ABC). Figures are based on ABC annual reports.

Year   Staff 
2003   766.24 
2004   735.04 
2005   756.6 
2006   770.68 
2007   842.37 
2008   865.59 
2009   913.14 
2010   947.36
2011   960.84*
Productivity: With stories at a record low and staff at record highs, it comes at no surprise that ABC news productivity is at a record low of just 6.1 stories per staff member for the month. 

Year  Stories per staff per month 
2003      9.4 
2004      9.4 
2005      9.1 
2006      9.1 
2007      9.5 
2008     10.3 
2009      7.8 
2010      7.1

2011      6.1