{"id":87590,"date":"2022-06-14T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T15:55:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:09:13","slug":"what-do-journalists-think-the-news-industry-does-best-and-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2022\/06\/14\/what-do-journalists-think-the-news-industry-does-best-and-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"What do journalists think the news industry does best and worst?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-small-font-size is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3b5177cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e1a0efe0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group essay--toolbar has-white-background-color has-ui-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-label-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2022-06-14T10:55:07-04:00\">June 14, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-small-icon-size has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"what-do-journalists-think-the-news-industry-does-best-and-worst\">What do journalists think the news industry does best and worst?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2022\/06\/14\/what-do-journalists-think-the-news-industry-does-best-and-worst\/1000x500-final-1mb-gif\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-107890\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f7f8f9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/1000x500-FINAL-1mb.gif?resize=480,240 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/1000x500-FINAL-1mb.gif?resize=782,391 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/1000x500-FINAL-1mb.gif?resize=960,480 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/1000x500-FINAL-1mb.gif?resize=1000,500 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/1000x500-FINAL-1mb.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107890 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f7f8f9; width:640px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2022\/06\/14\/journalists-sense-turmoil-in-their-industry-amid-continued-passion-for-their-work\/\">recent survey<\/a>, Center researchers asked nearly 12,000 U.S.-based journalists in a pair of open-ended questions to write down the one thing the news industry does the best job of these days and what it does worst. These responses were then categorized into one of nine broad categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2022\/06\/14\/what-do-journalists-think-the-news-industry-does-best-and-worst\/pj_2022_06-24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noline-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-107906\"><img data-dominant-color=\"edeae7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"884\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/PJ_2022_06.24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noLine.png?resize=480,332 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/PJ_2022_06.24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noLine.png?resize=782,540 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/PJ_2022_06.24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noLine.png?resize=960,663 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/PJ_2022_06.24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noLine.png?resize=1200,829 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/PJ_2022_06.24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noLine.png?resize=1280,884 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/PJ_2022_06.24_journalist-best-worst_0-01noLine.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107906 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edeae7; width:640px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maroon boxes below show responses to the question about what the news industry does best, while the gold boxes include responses to the question about what it does worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-platform-feature-loader\" id=\"js-journalist-survey-quote-sorter\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Survey of U.S. journalists conducted Feb. 16-March 17, 2022. 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