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Publishing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Changing Newsroom: Gains and Losses in Today's Papers 
 Data and analysis from a 2008 study that captures the newspaper industry "in the grips of two powerful, but contradictory, forces. On one hand, financial pressures sap its strength and threaten its very survival. On the other, the rise of the web boosts its competitiveness." Topics addressed include staff cutbacks, changing content, influence of the Internet, and implications for the future. From the Pew Research Center Project for Excellence in Journalism. http://www.journalism.org/node/11961 Topics: Newspapers Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Facts About Newspapers: Trends & Numbers
This page "is designed to provide quick access to the facts and statistics that define the changing newspaper industry. In addition, it aggregates reports either produced or commissioned by NAA in the areas of Advertising, Audience, and Circulation." From the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), a nonprofit organization representing the newspaper industry in the United States and Canada. http://www.naa.org/TrendsandNumbers.aspx Topics: Newspapers, Newspapers by Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Aug 21, 2009 National Newspaper Association
"Established in 1885, the National Newspaper Association (NNA) is the national voice of community newspapers." Its website features a history of the NNA, material about the organization and its awards, list of and links to member newspapers, and editorials focusing on the First Amendment and freedom of the press, free speech, invasion of privacy, censorship, and related issues. Also includes job listings. http://www.nna.org/ Topics: Newspapers Last updated Oct 3, 2007 Out of Print: The Death and Life of an American Newspaper
This March 2008 article considers how "[f]ew believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive." Topics addressed include trends in circulation and advertising, the rise of the Internet as a news source, and how "survivors among the big newspapers will not be without support from the nonprofit sector." From the New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/31/080331fa_fact_alterman?currentPage=all Topics: Newspapers Last updated Dec 15, 2008 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA)
This professional organization provides a list of links to more than 70 Washington state newspapers, browsable by city or county. "Most of these newspapers publish their print editions weekly or twice weekly." The site also includes newspaper contest winners, and the Newsroom Legal Guide (published by the Seattle Times) with information about access to government records and restrictions on news gathering and publication. http://www.wnpa.com Topics: Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Feb 7, 2005 What's Really Killing Newspapers
This August 2008 article diagnoses problems in the newspaper industry as arising from the fact that newspapers are "no longer the best providers of social currency." (Social currency "is often used to describe the information we acquire and then trade -- or give away -- to start, maintain, and nurture relationships with our fellow humans.") Includes links to an Associated Press study and related articles back to 2003. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2196485/ Topics: Newspapers Last updated Dec 15, 2008 |
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