Or workers in new careers away from TV stations, perhaps building on their TV experience. Yes, many do. But more see these jobs as steppingstones. Thus their high turnover. Women aspire to positions on-camera three times as often as to jobs in management.
Men are about as likely to want one as the other.
Women in TV news are half of the reporters and anchors, but only a fourth of the news directors. Minority journalists differ little from the white majority in their goals. They're generally in line with the high turnover that prevails in the relatively low-paying workhorse jobs. Many on-camera jobs are out there. For a third of the work force to want to work in jobs that let them be seen on television does not appear out of line.