---
"title": "The State of the News Media 2009: An Annual Report on American Journalism"
"description": "Even before the recession, the fundamental question facing journalism was whether the news industry could win a race against the clock for survival: could it find new ways to underwrite the gathering of news online, while using the declining revenue of the old platforms to finance the transition?"
"date": "2009-03-19"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism/2009/03/19/the-state-of-the-news-media-2009-an-annual-report-on-american-journalism/"
"categories":
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# The State of the News Media 2009: An Annual Report on American Journalism