The Project for Excellence in Journalism, affiliated with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and financed by the Pew Charitable Trusts, has issued its third annual report on the state of American Journalism. According to the New York Times analysis, the study has found that the number of media outlets in this country is growing, but with less news.
“As part of the review, a special study looked at how a variety of outlets,” writes Katharine Seelye of the Times, “including newspapers, television, radio and the Internet, covered a single day’s worth of news and concluded that there was enormous repetition and amplification of just two dozen stories. Moreover, it said, “the incremental and even ephemeral nature of what the media define as news is striking.””
