---
title: "State of the News Media 2009: A Year in the News"
description: "In 2008, the news agenda in the mainstream media shrank sharply, the press was late in picking up on the economic collapse and the war in Iraq all but disappeared from the news."
date: "2009-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2009/03/19/state-of-the-news-media-2009-a-year-in-the-news/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# State of the News Media 2009: A Year in the News