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Pew study illustrates effects of mass layoffs at U.S. newspapers

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Robb Montgomery
on January 22, 2008
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Types of jobs being trimmed at US newsrooms.

Show me don’t tell me.
Here are some more graphics that dramatically show where the steep cuts and sudden changes in U.S. newspaper are being made to the product.


These are just a few of the illustrations presented in the new Pew Excellence in Journalism report.

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PEW REPORT: Teens create a LOT of web content

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Robb Montgomery
on December 20, 2007
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What is the future of user-generated content? It is right before your eyes. The teens under your roof or on your block.

59% of all American teenagers engage in at least one form of online content creation. Of those 35% of all teen girls blog, compared with 20% of online boys, and 54% of girls post photos online compared with 40% of online boys. Boys however like their video, with 19% of boys posting video online vs. 10% of girls.

This data comes from a new report by the Pew Internet and American Life research project.
You may be surprised to see the numbers so high. I suspect they are higher . . as the report clearly prefaces.

Many teen content creators do not simply plaster their creative endeavors on the Web for anyone to view; many teens limit access to content that they share.

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