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Newspapers, News Content Are Shrinking

Editor & Publisher, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:15 AM

U.S. daily newspapers aren't reducing just their newsrooms, they are also downsizing stories, page count, sections, international coverage and national news, according to a new Pew Research study.

Ironically, many of the editors surveyed think their papers are improving their coverage, even as they lament recent reductions. At the same time, only a minority of editors thinks online journalism will save their papers.

The 57-page study also confirms that the newspaper industry is really two businesses: big-city papers that are hurting mightily, and smaller papers that are doing fairly well. Of dailies with circulations over 100,000, 85% report they have cut news staff, while 52% of smaller dailies report shrinking newsrooms.

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