Lars Willnat is the John Ben Snow Research Professor at Syracuse University and earned his PhD from Indiana University. David H. Weaver is Distinguished Professor and the Roy W. Howard Research Professor Emeritus in Journalism at Indiana University. Weaver earned his PhD from the University of North Carolina. G. Cleveland Wilhoit is Emeritus Professor at Indiana University and earned his PhD from the University of North Carolina.

"...The richness of the data provided here cannot be overstated. Any serious scholar of American journalism should consult this book often as a touchstone for how American journalists changed and did not change during the past half century."Stephen Lacy, Michigan State University, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96/2019

• Foreword by G. Cleveland Wilhoit – Preface – Acknowledgments – Organization of the Book – Tables and Figures – Introduction – Basic Characteristics of U.S. Journalists – Education and Training – Journalists in the Workplace – Professionalism: Roles, Values, and Ethics – Women Journalists – Minority Journalists – Social Media and U.S. Journalism – Conclusions – Bibliography – Appendix I: Methodology – Appendix II: Questionnaire – Name Index – Subject Index – About the Authors