Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Funding is central to the sustainability of journalism. Yet few Americans pay for news, and most say paying for it isn’t their responsibility.
Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hard hit as more and more Americans consume news digitally.
Among adults who have not paid for news in the past year, the most common reason they cite is that they can find plenty of other news articles for free.
We spoke with 45 everyday Americans to learn more about how people think about and interpret changes in news consumption.
How Americans get news continues to evolve as platforms emerge, like AI chatbots and email newsletters. Find out how often they get news from digital devices.
Television is losing ground to digital pathways for local news, and the organizations and local sources people turn to are evolving.
The types of platforms Americans turn to for election news differ by age, and partisans rely on different media outlets.
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
Amid downward industry trends, 63% say their local news outlets are doing very or somewhat well financially – down from 71% in 2018.
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