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title: "The State of the News Media 2011: An Annual Report on American Journalism"
description: "By several measures, the state of the American news media improved in 2010. After two dreadful years, most sectors of the industry saw revenue begin to recover. With some notable exceptions, cutbacks in newsrooms eased. And while still more talk than action, some experiments with new revenue models began to show signs of blossoming.\\n"
date: "2011-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Tom Rosenstiel"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
  - name: "Amy Mitchell"
    job_title: "Former Director, Journalism Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amy-mitchell/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2011/03/19/the-state-of-the-news-media-2011-an-annual-report-on-american-journalism/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# The State of the News Media 2011: An Annual Report on American Journalism