The State of the News Media 2009

Fantastic reports on traditional and new/emerging media by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism

http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2009/index.htm

Six emerging trends:

How to finance the news industry? Micro-payments and non-profit funding probably are not viable solutions. People are overlooking some viable alternatives.

Power is shifting from journalistic institutions to individual journalists

News organizations are focusing on multiple forms of distribution, including citizens contribution content

More partnerships among news organizations

"Cable chatter"--cable news giving rise to minute-by-minute judgment in political journalism

In campaign coverage, the press has become more reactive and passive, and less of an enterprising investigator of candidates