A sense of crisis among science journalists?

A survey conducted at the 2009 World Congress of Science Journalists explored the "sense of crisis" among science journalists and science writers. Among the findings: The average workload of a science journalist is six to eight pieces over two weeks. And over the last 5 years, this workload has increased for 60% of respondents, for many dramatically; only for a few it has decreased. 50% of science journalists are in secure employment, the other half work precariously as freelancers. Read the report.