Kirsten Worden

Local newspapers have been hit particularly hard by the transition to digital news consumption in recent years, with many forced to shutter their doors permanently.

The total number of journalists assigned to state capitol buildings is up 11% since 2014, though figures vary widely by state. And as newspapers employ fewer statehouse reporters, nonprofits are filling much of the void.

There are 245 newspaper reporters who cover the statehouse full time in 2022 in the United States, down from 374 in 2014.

During the first 60 days of the new administration, roughly half of stories about the Biden administration mentioned Donald Trump in some way.

As news outlets morph and multiply, both surveys and passive data collection tools face challenges.

Roughly half of Americans or more were able to correctly identify whether three of the six sources asked about do their own reporting.

Among the six publicly traded newspaper companies studied, second-quarter advertising revenue fell by a median of 42% year over year.