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![]() Today's LeadNewspapers Turning Ideas into DollarsAt a time of economic turmoil in the newspaper business, a new Pew Research Center report identifies four dailies that have built successful new revenue streams and answers four key questions. What are these winning business innovations? What challenges did the papers overcome in implementing them? What are the tangible signs of success? And what lessons can be shared with the industry? ![]() #1 Rank of Syria among the Deadliest Places for Journalists in 2012 Where Journalists Risk Their Lives to ReportThe violence in Syria continues to escalate, and with it comes an uptick in victims who are there to report on the conflict. PEJ looks at how the country’s current civil war ranks among other conflicts in recent years when it comes to journalism casualties.
![]() Will Conservative Talkers Take On Immigration Reform?Back in 2007, when President George W. Bush pushed for new immigration legislation, PEJ research showed the degree to which conservative talk hosts attacked the measure. And, they themselves took credit for helping to kill it. Will these hosts reprise their staunch opposition this time around? The early indications suggest that perhaps not.
![]() Hurricane Sandy and Twitter:How did people use Twitter during Hurricane Sandy and what did they tweet about? A new study from PEJ shows that over half of the conversation on and around the hurricane’s landfall was news, information, photos and videos of and about the super storm.
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![]() How much attention has Pope Benedict received in the press? A new analysis of 2,700 religion stories in newspapers, websites, cable and broadcast news in the last five years offers answers. PEJ report finds that from the conventions to the eve of the final presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both received more negative than positive coverage from the news media, though overall Obama has had an edge. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism is pleased to release the 2011 News Coverage Index data set and toplines of additional content analysis reports. ![]()
The Who Owns the News Media database offers financial statistics on 123 companies and the more than 4,000 radio and television stations, newspapers, magazines and news websites that they own. ![]() PEJ's latest report on the health and status of American journalism is now online. This year's report includes analysis of the eight main sectors of media and special reports on mobile devices and news consumption and the role of Facebook and Twitter in news. |
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