The Resilience of Rochester Print News
As cable television news and the internet have claimed significant portions of the information pie, many have written off Rochester newspapers as part of an antiquated and obsolete news medium. There is even a website called “Newspaper Death Watch,” which professes to be “Chronicling the Decline of Newspapers and the Rebirth of Journalism.”
While there is certainly an underlying current of satire in the tone of the above website, one also senses more than a hint of sincerity. However, the creators of the website might find themselves “chronicling” for longer than they originally anticipated, as a 2012 study conducted by the Pew Research Center revealed that 23 percent of Americans still read print newspapers.
Although 23 percent marks a precipitous drop of 18 percentage points in less than a decade, th (More …)
