PEORIA -- The key question: who pays?
"Journalism's most critical funding question: Who will pay for public
interest news that provides the fodder for so much of the discussion
and argument growing so swiftly online?"
This discussion is part of the most recent in-depth look at journalism in the digital age. Here's a sample:
"When it comes to audience numbers
online, traditional media content still prevails, which means the
cutbacks in old media heavily impact what the public is learning
through the new." As much as news-related start-ups are
multiplying online and audiences are growing, most of the audience
continues to rely on traditional media, one way or another, for news.
And the reporting provided by those organizations is in steady decline.
"In short," the study concludes, "the cutbacks in old media are
drastically affecting not only traditional media but still
significantly impact online content as well."
Read the story on this new report here.
There's a link to the original report, The Project for Excellence in Journalism's "State of the News Media" report, in the story.
-- Elaine Hopkins
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