ABC NEWS PRODUCTIVITY - MODELS INDICATE ZERO NEWS OUTPUT BY 2021

EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL REPORT

Updating our ABC Productivity Report for 2019. 

THE RESULTS ARE SHOCKING!

RECORD LOW PRODUCTIVITY in 2019 

ALARMING DECLINE IN NEWS OUTPUT

ZERO OUTPUT FORECAST in 2021!

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 2003-2019

NEWS STORIES POSTED EACH JUNE 2003-2019

ABC News output continues to decline

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
2017      5195
2018      4010
2019      2948

Productivity: 2019 record low productivity! Just 2.3 stories per staff member per month.

Year  Stories per staff per month 
2003      9.4 

Zero Productivity predicted in first half of 2021

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
2017      3.9
2018      3.0
2019      2.3

ABC News Archive stories and Total News Staff 2003-2019.
Alarming decline!

  Analysis

Productivity of ABC news as measured by output recorded in its News Archive and total staffing continues its exponential slide. Staff output now about one fifth of what it was in 2008. At current rates we expect ZERO output in early 2021.