---
title: "State of the News Media 2006: A Day in the Life of the Media"
description: "May 11, 2005 was not what most people would call an extraordinary day. A warm spell moved through the Northwest into the South. Rain pelted the Rust Belt, and it was still cold in the East."
date: "2006-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2006/03/19/state-of-the-news-media-2006-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-media/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# State of the News Media 2006: A Day in the Life of the Media