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Pew: Online media taking over in D.C, digital news staffs soar 400%
Washington Examiner ^ | 12/4/15 11:44 AM | Paul Bedard

Posted on 12/05/2015 2:13:47 AM PST by GonzoII

Online media covering Washington has soared over 400 percent in the last six years, a trend that further demonstrates how the nation's appetite for national news has shifted to digital platforms, according to a comprehensive review of the D.C. press corps from the Pew Research Center.

In a survey for its Journalism & Media branch, Pew said that the number of digital-only news staff accredited by the Senate press galleries has grown from just 31 in 2009 to 133 or more, driven by specialized media and bigger national outfits like Huffington Post.

And for the first time, digital and "niche" reporters assigned to cover specific issues outnumber reporters from "legacy media" like wire services and newspapers, 589-576.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: internet; media

1 posted on 12/05/2015 2:13:48 AM PST by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

Make sense to me. I get my news from the Daily Free Republic.


2 posted on 12/05/2015 3:07:09 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: GonzoII

I guess since no one is willing to start a Scalia constitutionally based news outlet (true conservative), because of the cost, so why not start smaller and get reporters out there like Sky News Live? Wouldn’t take much, relatively.


3 posted on 12/05/2015 3:37:04 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: abb

Ping!


4 posted on 12/05/2015 11:38:58 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Look, the establishment doesn't want me, because I don't need the establishment." --Donald Trump)
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