Table N - Newsroom retention

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Newsroom retention
  Minorities Whites
Total Hires Departures Pct. Retention Total Hires Departures Pct. Retention
1985 3,080 N/A N/A N/A 50,735 N/A N/A N/A
1986 3,402 555 233 92 50,583 2,821 2,973 94
1987 3,589 580 393 88 51,095 2,790 2,278 95
1988 3,879 620 330 91 51,380 2,758 2,473 95
1989 4,236 608 251 94 51,982 2,835 2,233 96
1990 4,469 590 357 92 52,415 2,464 2,031 96
1991 4,857 724 336 92 50,858 2,167 3,724 93
1992 5,120 447 184 96 49,410 1,521 2,969 94
1993 5,496 553 177 97 48,106 1,738 3,042 94
1994 5,635 572 433 92 48,076 2,342 2,372 95
1995 5,874 513 274 95 47,966 1,934 2,044 96
1996 6,061 510 323 95 48,916 1,919 969 98
1997 6,113 530 478 92 47,873 2,107 3,150 94
1998 6,269 586 430 93 48,451 2,146 1,568 97
1999 6,363 586 492 92 48,742 2,543 2,252 95
2000 6,665 561 259 96 49,574 2,608 1,776 96
2001 6,563 596 698 90 49,830 2,569 2,313 95
2002 6,567 447 443 93 47,847 1,845 3,828 92
2003 6,855 489 201 97 47,863 1,786 1,770 96
2004 7,016 495 334 95 47,178 1,704 2,389 95
2005 7,267 533 282 96 46,868 1,879 2,189 95
2006 7,351 567 483 93 46,210 2,007 2,665 94
2007 7,392 465 424 94 47,653 2,299 856 98
2008 7,113 392 671 91 45,485 1,832 4,000 92
2009 6,259 262 1,116 84 40,412 1,379 6,452 86
2010 5,498 195 956 85 35,960 1,215 5,667 86
2011 5,323 324 499 91 36,286 1,373 1,047 97
2012 4,983 252 592 89 35,583 1,313 2,016 94
2013 4,715 272 540 89 33,267 1,216 3,532 90
2014 4,887 398 325 93 31,835 1,372 2,697 92
2015 4,164 344 1,067 78 28,712 1,338 4,461 86