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Podcasts Proliferate
by Mary Madden As the array of individuals and mainstream media institutions providing podcasts has expanded rapidly — as well as the types of digital multimedia content available from the internet —...
View ArticleState of the American News Media, 2007: Mainstream Media Go Niche
For the first time in years, every sector of television news lost audience in 2006. And newspapers, despite garnering a larger audience than ever for their content via online platforms, faced more...
View ArticleAssessing the Imus Mess
by Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism “A Foot In His Mouth and No Clue In His Head,” declared the Baltimore Sun headline. “Imus Can’t Dribble Around This Flagrant,...
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Most Say Imus’s Punishment Was Appropriate
Americans, both black and white, generally agree with the punishment radio host Don Imus received for the racist and sexist remarks he made about the Rutgers University’s women basketball team....
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Did Talk Hosts Help Derail the Immigration Bill?
by Mark Jurkowitz, Associate Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism On June 8 — the day after the immigration bill suffered a major defeat when its backers failed to get a Senate vote — there...
View ArticleIs the Fairness Doctrine Fair Game?
by Dante Chinni, Senior Researcher, Project for Excellence in Journalism It has been 20 years since the Fairness Doctrine was repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Yet in recent...
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State of the News Media 2008
Introduction The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than it was a year ago. And the problems, increasingly, appear to be different than many experts have predicted. Critics have...
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State of the News Media 2010
OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION What now? Inside news companies, the most immediate concern is how much revenue lost in the recession the industry will regain as the economy improves. Whatever the answers, the...
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State of the News Media 2011
Overview By several measures, the state of the American news media improved in 2010. After two dreadful years, most sectors of the industry saw revenue begin to recover. With some notable exceptions,...
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State of the News Media 2012
A mounting body of evidence finds that the spread of mobile technology is adding to news consumption, strengthening the appeal of traditional news brands and even boosting reading of long-form...
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Podcasts Proliferate, But Not Mainstream
by Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist and Sydney Jones, Research Assistant, Pew Internet & American Life Project As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading...
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State of the News Media 2009
Some of the numbers are chilling. Newspaper ad revenues have fallen 23% in the last two years. Some papers are in bankruptcy, and others have lost three-quarters of their value. By our calculations,...
View ArticleState of the News Media 2013
News reporting resources continued to decline in 2012 and nearly a third of Americans have abandoned a news outlet. Meanwhile, more newsmakers are able to take their messages directly to the public.
View ArticleWill Conservative Talkers Take on Immigration Reform?
Nearly six years after the U.S. Senate defeated President George W. Bush's immigration policy overhaul, there is another major legislative effort to change the nation's immigration system.
View ArticleLessons From Five Journalism Partnerships
As news outlets continue to team up in new ways, case studies of five content partnerships offer insight into what these collaborations mean for the public and for news organizations.
View ArticleState of the News Media 2015
As the U.S. news industry faces a new mobile reality, how is it faring? From broadcast to print to ethnic media and more, this year’s annual report takes stock.
View Article5 key takeaways from State of the News Media 2015
Our annual report surveys the landscape of U.S. journalism, from the changes driven by mobile devices to the ups and downs of legacy news organizations.
View ArticleNumber of U.S. low-power FM radio stations has nearly doubled since 2014
A surge in new low-power FM (LPFM) community radio stations that have been licensed to join the FM airwaves is partially due to a new window for applications that the FCC opened.
View ArticleYounger adults more likely than their elders to prefer reading news
When asked whether one prefers to read, watch or listen to their news, younger adults are far more likely than older adults to opt for text – and most of that reading is occurring on the web.
View ArticleAudio and Podcasting Fact Sheet
The audio news sector in the U.S. is split by modes of delivery: traditional terrestrial (AM/FM) radio and digital formats such as online radio and podcasting.
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