Last week, NPR broadcasted a segment on the State of the News Media 2007 report. They say news sources are becoming less and less popularized. Even the internet, which is supposed to be the media's future, is losing popularity. Most of the problems that do arise, according to NPR, come from "diminished ambitions", shrinking audiences, increasing numbers of news source mediums, etc.
Tom Rosensteil, director of The Project for Excellence in Journalism who report this annually, said that more and more media sources are catering to a certain audience rather than maintaining the traditional "gatekeeper" role of the media. Thus explaining the increasing use of specialized news sources like ethnic magazines, podcasts, blogs, Democracy Now and even NPR.
It's not that people aren't interested in the news, it's about the trustworthiness of different news sources. Some people feel more active when they, themselves, go online and search what they want to hear.
For the NPR segment aired Mar. 12: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7859075
For Tom Rosensteil's commentary on NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7854201
For the report: http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/index.asp
Also, Good magazine just published their Media Issue last month. You can access some of the articles online.
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