Three hundred nineteen news organizations (237 newspapers and 82 television broadcasters) responded to this survey. The total number of subpoenas reported was 823. One hundred forty-two respondents — or 45 percent — reported receiving at least one subpoena. In 1999, 46 percent of the respondents reported receiving at least one subpoena.

The 82 television stations received 638 subpoenas; the 237 newspapers received 185 subpoenas.

Of the 237 newspapers responding, 77 (32 percent) received one or more subpoenas during 2001. Of the 82 broadcasters responding, 65 (79 percent) received one or more subpoenas during the year.

The average number of subpoenas received by all respondents was 2.6. This represents a decline from the 1999 survey, which found that respondents received an average of 3.0 subpoenas. The average number of subpoenas per respondent in 1997 was 4.6.

Broadcasters received more subpoenas than newspapers in 2001. The average number of subpoenas received by television news stations was 7.7. The average number received by newspapers was 0.7.

One broadcaster reported receiving 53 subpoenas, the most of any respondent in 2001. Two other broadcasters received more than 40 subpoenas during the year. Thirty-five of the 65 broadcasters that received a subpoena in 2001 had more than five subpoenas during the year; 61 of the 65 received more than one subpoena.

The print outlet that received the most subpoenas received 15. All other newspapers that were subpoenaed in 2001 received no more than ten subpoenas over the course of the year.

Of the 319 respondents, 177 reported receiving no subpoenas.

News outlets from every state and the District of Columbia except Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Wyoming responded to the survey. At least one subpoena was reported in 41 states and in the District of Columbia.