Contributing staff demographic survey

39 responses from out-of-house contributing, staff and senior staff members

SECTION WORKED IN AT THE D.O.

HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN-HOUSE AS AN EDITOR?

Sports: 39.5% Culture: 39.5% Photo: 13.2% News: 7.9%

No: 64.1% Yes: 35.9%

CURRENT POSITION AT THE D.O.

Staff writer: 33.3% Contributing writer: 25.6% Senior staff writer: 23.1% Senior staff photographer: 5.1% Staff photographer: 5.1% Contributing photographer: 2.6% Columnist: 2.6% Senior staff designer/illustrator: 2.6%

HOURS PER WEEK WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE D.O.

0 hours: 44.7% 1-5 hours: 34.2% 6-10 hours: 15.8% 11-14 hours: 0.0% 15+ hours: 5.3%

JOBS WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE D.O.

LANGUAGE DIVERSITY

0 other jobs: 44.7% 1 other job: 39.5% 2 other jobs: 15.8%

3 staffers speak Spanish 1 staffer speaks Bengali 1 staffer speaks Mandarin 1 staffer speaks Arabic 1 staffer speaks Korean 1 staffer speaks French

ABILITY DIVERSITY

7.7% identified as having a disability 92.3% identified as not having a disability

SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY

Staffers identified that they qualify for these levels of financial aid:

Work study: 33.3% SU need-based grant: 30.8% SU need-based academic scholarship: 25.6% Subsidized loans: 38.5% Direct unsubsidized loans: 41.0% Parent loans: 12.8% Pell grant: 10.3% None: 23.9% Pay full tuition: 17.9%

GENDER DIVERSITY

SEXUALITY DIVERSITY

43.6% identified as female 56.4% identified as male 0.0% identified as nonbinary, gender non-conforming, genderqueer or genderfluid

0.0% of spring 2021 survey respondents identified as transgender.

12.8% identified as LGBTQ 87.2% didn’t identify as LGBTQ

RACIAL/ETHNIC DIVERSITY

78.0% identified as white 14.0% identified as Asian or Asian American 2.0% identified as Black 2.0% identified as Latino or Latinx 2.0% identified as Middle Eastern or North African 2.0% identified as Pacific Islander

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2.6% identified as an international student 97.4% identified as not an international student