---
"title": "African American News Sources: A Year of Turmoil and Opportunity"
"description": "The story about how African American-oriented news media coped last year was a difficult one at best."
"date": "2013-03-19"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Emily Guskin"
    "job_title": "Guest Contributor"
  -
    "name": "Amy Mitchell"
    "job_title": "Former Director, Journalism Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/amy-mitchell/"
  -
    "name": "Mark Jurkowitz"
    "job_title": "Senior Writer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/mark-jurkowitz/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism/2013/03/19/african-american-news-sources-a-year-of-turmoil-and-opportunity/"
"categories":
  - "Audio, Radio & Podcasts"
  - "Black Americans"
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "News Platforms & Sources"
  - "Newspapers"
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
  - "Television"
---

# African American News Sources: A Year of Turmoil and Opportunity