Typical New Zealand reporter is a female Francophone

How about this! According to a new survey (yes, that cliche), "the typical New Zealand journalist is a European women in her 30s who works as a reporter for a newspaper, holds a bachelor's degree, has less than five years experience, is paid about $40,000 a year, has no religious belief - and probably speaks French well enough to conduct an interview with Jacques Chirac". This comes from the New Zealand Journalists Training Organisation, which also claims that Europeans made up 83% of the sample, with 8.5% identifying as Maori or Maori/Pakeha. Though women outnumbered men (54% to 46%), they do not stay long in the media industry, with men much more likely to stick around for 30 years or more. There's more fascinating stuff here too. (Via NZ Training Organisation)