Audiences are declining for traditional news media in the U.S. – with some exceptions
A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
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A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
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Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
11% of stories about Joe Biden’s early days as president cited an anonymous or unnamed source, and fewer than 1% relied solely on such sources.
More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet “often” or “sometimes.”
Roughly half of Americans or more were able to correctly identify whether three of the six sources asked about do their own reporting.
Newspaper circulation in the U.S. reached its lowest level since 1940, and the audience for local TV news has steadily declined.
A majority of rural Americans say local news media mostly cover an area other than the one where they live.
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