---
title: "Journalists Weigh Future of Industry"
description: "A majority of journalists at national media outlets (62%) say that journalism is heading in the wrong direction."
date: "2008-03-17"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/03/17/journalists-weigh-future-of-industry/"
categories:
  - "Journalists"
  - "Journalists"
---

# Journalists Weigh Future of Industry

A survey of more than 500 broadcast, print, and online journalists finds that a majority of them (62%) have a pessimistic view of the future of the news business. See more of their responses and a look at the health of journalism in America in the 2008 State of the News Media report.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/767/state-of-the-news-media-2008)