---
"title": "Journalists Weigh Future of Industry"
"description": "A majority of journalists at national media outlets (62%) say that journalism is heading in the wrong direction."
"date": "2008-03-17"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/03/17/journalists-weigh-future-of-industry/"
"categories":
  - "Journalists"
  - "Journalists"
---

# Journalists Weigh Future of Industry

A survey of more than 500 broadcast, print, and online journalists finds that a majority of them (62%) have a pessimistic view of the future of the news business. See more of their responses and a look at the health of journalism in America in the 2008 State of the News Media report.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/767/state-of-the-news-media-2008)