We shouldn’t be surprised by the fact that most of news still comes from traditional sources. This is the conclusion of a study in the US by the Project for Excellence in Journalism. It found that most original reporting still comes from primarily newspapers, followed by television and radio, despite the proliferation of digital media. Newspapers accounted for two-thirds of new information, followed by TV at 28% and radio at

Director of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, Tom Rosenstiel, on the future of journalism at Minnesota Public Radio. He talks about the potential to produce better journalism now then ever before. His concerns: the unbundling of content and the challenge of monetising civic news. (Via Project for Excellence in Journalism)

It should come as no surprise that online journalists are more optimistic about the future of news than their counterparts in traditional media outlets. But this optimism is tempered with a healthy dose of concerns about where journalism is going, according to the survey (PDF) of select members of the Online News Association (ONA) produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. The online professionals believe that

Image via WikipediaA major study into US newspapers by the Project for Excellence in Journalism presents a picture of an industry struggling to come to terms with the seismic changes taking place in the media. As the report highlights: On one hand, financial pressures sap its strength and threaten its very survival. On the other, the rise of the web boosts its competitiveness, opens up innovative new forms of journalism,

The Project for Excellence in Journalism report on the State of the Media for 2008 is online. It offers a comprehensive and thorough analysis of trends in the media and is required reading for anyone in journalism. Digesting the report will take some time. But I wanted to highlight two of its major trends: “News is shifting from being a product — today’s newspaper, website or newscast — to becoming