---
title: "State of the News Media 2005: An Annual Report on American Journalism"
description: "In December 2004, a mock documentary about the future of news began making make the rounds of the nation’s journalists and Web professionals."
date: "2005-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2005/03/19/state-of-the-news-media-2005-an-annual-report-on-american-journalism/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# State of the News Media 2005: An Annual Report on American Journalism