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
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