How many sports journalists are there in the US and Canada?

[Rangers100]

I'm trying to find this number as part of a research project. Just need a reasonable ballpark number.

Anyone know the answer or any survey organizations that might have collected it in a report at some point?

Thanks for the help.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I did a Google search for newsroom census and it produce this link, among others:

http://asne.org/

Couldn't find the specific number you're looking for, but I suspect if you contacted them, they could point you in the right direction.

Maybe even better:

http://apsportseditors.org/

 

[zebracoy]

Six ... five ... four ... I think we're at four right now.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Probably 30 percent fewer than there were in 2007.

 

[fishwrapper]

Probably 30 percent fewer than there were in 2007.

This is probably pretty close. If you throw in the under-employed, probably double it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Six ... five ... four ... I think we're at four right now.

It went up?