Comments on: Loving mobile and print: Five key findings from Pew’s new news study

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:48:51 +0000

[...] to see what tidbits interest you, but to whet your appetite, the Lab’s Laura McGann has a few that jumped out at her — few people exclusively rely on the Internet for news, only half prefer [...]

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:05 +0000

[...] is happening at such a breakneck speed, it is hard to keep up. Here is a Harvard Nieman Lab blog summary of key points in the Pew report to whet your appetite to read some or all of the full 51-page [...]

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Ink in the blood, digital at your fingertips « The Blog — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:40:32 +0000

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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:01:41 +0000

By: don

don — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:40:16 +0000

As with most surveys, it is best to know where, how it was taken. Fact is, most folks don’t have community newspapers. They live in regions long over taken, and taken advantage of by daily newspapers.

Thems that do live in communities with a true community newspaper, want it — local news, etc. (even the kids in high school and college).

The problem is all news gets lumped into the daily press category. Weekly, community newspapers continue to grow.

By: One story reported completely differently…. « Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:56:44 +0000

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By: That Pew Report — and Other Monday Reads « Reinventing the Newsroom

That Pew Report — and Other Monday Reads « Reinventing the Newsroom — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:08:39 +0000

[...] fascinating snapshot of American news consumers and their habits. Nieman Labs has a good overview here, as does Pew [...]

By: Laura McGann

Laura McGann — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:01:51 +0000

Hi Jason — Good point. I went back and took a look at another section of the study on how satisfied consumers are with the current coverage of different topics. When you take into account this extra information, I think my original point about local news becomes more clear. Even taking margin of error into account, more consumers think there is enough local coverage of their community (57% say there is) versus science news (50% say there is enough coverage) or religion news (51% of respondents said there’s enough).

Here’s a link to that section:
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Online-News/Part-1/4-Satisfaction-with-coverage-of-different-news-topics.aspx?r=1

By: Jason Fry

Jason Fry — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0000

Very nice overview. My one quibble is with your fifth point: If you look at the methodology and the margin for error, the numbers for what people want covered more are all essentially the same.

I’m terrible at math, though, so please correct me if I’m wrong.