State of News Media 2008 released

The State of the News Media 2008, the fifth edition of The Project for Excellene in Journalism, was released today.

Its goal wass to gather in one place as much data as possible about all the major sectors of journalism, to identify trends, mark key indicators, note areas for further inquiry and provide a resource for citizens, journalists and researchers.

Statistical data is incluced in an interactive format, which allows users to customize their own graphics. A Year in the News provides a content analysis of more than 70,000 stories from 48 news outlets across five media sectors; a Survey of Journalists, produced with the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; a Special Report on the Future of Advertising and a content study of Citizen Media Sites, 64 in 15 communities.

The study is the work of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a non political, non partisan research institute that is part of the Pew Research Center in Washington. The study is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and was produced with the help of a number of partners, including Rick Edmonds of the Poynter Institute and a host of industry “readers.”

The full report is comprehensive, totaling more than 180,000 words

The State of the News Media 2008 report was built to take advantage of the capabilities of the Web. It has not been published as a single hard copy document, which would be more than 700 pages. Users can, however, print each section of the report by using the available links.

Click on the headline to go to the report.