Journalism

reportMar 17, 2005

Confronting the Seduction of Secrecy

Speech delivered at the Washington Press Club
reportMar 15, 2005

Differences among Cable Channels (Iraq War Reportage)

Our content analysis also shows measurable differences in what each of the cable networks puts on the air. This study made no attempt to identify bias, or whether one network tilted to the Democrats or Republicans. Some more basic distinctions, however, were evident. Fox was measurably more one-sided than the other networks, and Fox journalists […]
reportFeb 1, 2005

A New Journalism for Democracy in a New Age

A speech delivered at the Escuela de Periodismo UAM/El País, Madrid, Spain, February 1, 2005
reportOct 27, 2004

The Debate Effect

A PEJ study on how the press covered the pivotal period of the 2004 Presidential Campaign.
reportSep 12, 2004

The End of “Network News”

What happened this summer, and particularly last week, is likely to be recalled as the end of the era of network news. At the very least, mark this as the moment when the networks abdicated their authority with the American public.
reportJul 12, 2004

Character and the Campaign

If presidential campaigns are about character and control of message, neither candidate has had much success so far, a new PEJ study finds.
reportMay 23, 2004

Bottom-Line Pressures Now Hurting Coverage, Say Journalists

Journalists are unhappy with the way things are going in their profession these days. This report is part of Pew Research Center’s 2004 State of the News Media publication.
reportMar 19, 2004

State of the News Media 2004: An Annual Report on American Journalism

Glance at some items in the news of late and it seems that many long-held ideas about journalism are unraveling.
reportMar 19, 2004

State of the News Media 2004: Online

Although the economics are still evolving, the Internet has now become a major source of news in America.
reportMar 19, 2004

State of the News Media 2004: Newspapers

For more than two generations, the percentage of Americans reading newspapers has been shrinking. Until 1970 the problem was partially masked by population growth. Overall circulation kept rising. Through the 1980s most of the circulation losses were occurring in afternoon papers. The survivors were stable and financially robust.