The state of the news media
The reports keep coming in- print journalism is in dire straits. You can read all about it in the report of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. At CNET, Charles Cooper summarizes the report:
The 180,000-word report by he Project for Excellence in Journalism comes against a backdrop of newspaper closings and staff reductions around the country. It just so happens that this week also marks the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s farewell as a print publication. After that, the newspaper will be offered solely in digital form. But as the report makes clear, the transition from dead trees to the Web may not be enough to reverse the decline in U.S. newspapers.
Here are the highlights:
• Newspaper ad revenues fell 23 percent in the last two years.
• Nearly one of every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 is now gone from that line of work.
• 2009 may be the worst year yet for newspapers.
• Local television news revenue fell by 7 percent (even in an
election year).
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