Journalism – still a class act

The Economist points out an odd ommission from press coverage of Alan Milburn’s report on the lack of social mobility in the UK: the fact that journalism has become one of the least mobile of all the professions.

Journalists born in 1958 came from families earning 5.5% more than the national average; in 1970, their parents earned 42.4% more.

And it’s the only one where the proportion of top professionals going to private school has risen.

Of course, I knew that. After all, I listen to Radio Four.

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