ABC NEWS PRODUCTIVITY PLUMMETS. FORECASTS INDICATE ZERO OUTPUT BY 2022

EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL REPORT

 In 2012 we were forced to discontinue our annual analysis of the productivity of ABC's NEWS service as the ABC's news archive limited the number of stories to the first 10 pages of items. At the time we asked then Director Mark Scott what had happened with the archive but got no reply. It seems ABC have re-instituted access to the full online news archive so here are the current results.

THE RESULTS ARE SHOCKING!

RECORD LOW PRODUCTIVITY in 2016 

ZERO OUTPUT FORECAST in 2022

The ABC NEWS WATCH productivity survey examines ABC's total news output for the month of June as recorded in the ABC's online news archive and compares this to total ABC NEWS staff numbers taken from its annual report. The result is a measure of the productivity of ABC's NEWS division.

ABC NEWS PRODUCTIVITY SURVEY RESULTS for 2016

NEWS STORIES POSTED EACH JUNE 2003-2016

Stories per day from the ABC NEWS ARCHIVE for each June

Year  Total Stories 
2003      7230 
2004      6920 
2005      6899 
2006      6995 
2007      7988 
2008      8894 
2009      7134 
2010      6666
2011      5908
2012      6091
2013      7754
2014      7801
2015      7624 

2016      6597 (third lowest on record!)

Staffing:  Figures are based on ABC annual reports. 

ABC News Division staff, from 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   963.14
2012   964.97
2013  1009.46 
2014  1051.62
2015  1433.5
2016  1367.41

Productivity: 2016 record low productivity!

ZERO output projected in 2022!

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
2012      8.1
2013      7.7
2014      7.4
2015      5.3
2016      4.8

  Analysis

 In 2015 ABC news staff growth broke from its linear trend and accelerated alarmingly showing exponential growth. In 2022 our staffing models indicate numbers will reach a whopping 2137. At the same time modelling of staff productivity indicate ZERO output.