---
title: "The State of the News Media 2009: An Annual Report on American Journalism"
description: "Even before the recession, the fundamental question facing journalism was whether the news industry could win a race against the clock for survival: could it find new ways to underwrite the gathering of news online, while using the declining revenue of the old platforms to finance the transition?"
date: "2009-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2009/03/19/the-state-of-the-news-media-2009-an-annual-report-on-american-journalism/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# The State of the News Media 2009: An Annual Report on American Journalism