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NABJ's Job Satisfaction Survey

Your responses help us determine how satisfied black journalists and communicators are in the workplace.
1.All things considered, how satisfied are you with your present job?
2.In judging the appeal and attractiveness of your job, how would you rank the importance of the nine factors below on a scale of 1 to 3?

Mark as follows: 1. Very important  2. Fairly important    3. Not too important



1. Very Important  
2. Fairly Important
3. Not to important
Job salary
 Fringe benefits
Freedom from supervision
Chance to help people
Editorial policies of the organization
 Job security
Chance to develop a specialty
Amount of autonomy you have
Chance for job advancement.
3.For the following questions, check one.
My newsroom is innovating to stay relevant in today's digital audiences.
Communicating to audiences across multiple platforms offers greater job advancement for me.
Communicating to audiences across multiple platforms offers more management leadership opportunity.
Managers financially support my efforts to learn new skills such as data analysis.
Strongly agree
Agree
Don't Know
Disagree
Strongly disagree
4.For the following questions, check one.
My newsroom is innovating to stay relevant in today's digital audiences.
Communicating to audiences across multiple platforms offers greater job advancement for me.
Communicating to audiences across multiple platforms offers more management leadership opportunity.
Managers financially support my efforts to learn new skills such as data analysis.
Strongly agree
Agree
Don't Know
Disagree
Strongly disagree
5.Have you ever filed an EEOC or discrimination lawsuit against your employer/ company?
6.Do you believe you were discriminated against in your current job in any of the following ways?
7.Have you ever experienced racism or racist comments while reporting or working on a project for your job?
8.Select the option below that best describes your position in the newsroom/media industry.
9.Years in the News Industry
10.In Which NABJ Region Do You Work? View map to be sure.
11.In What Size Market Do You Work?
12.Your Gender Identity:
13.Your Age:
14.What is your racial or ethnic identity?
15.Your Salary Range:
16.Are you satisfied with your salary?
17.If you've been employed with your employer for more than 4 years how many times have you received a promotion or raise?
18.Comments: In 75 words or less below to describe your biggest issue on the job.
19.If you received this survey from your local NABJ Chapter, please list your Chapter below.
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