Pew: Opinion gets less and less space in print

Pew

Print newspapers are allocating less space to opinion content, Jodi Enda writes:

There is no formal tally of reductions in editorials and commentary, but Pew Research Center interviews with editors across the country have confirmed a gradual shift both in the amount of space given over to opinion and in the missions of editorial and op-ed pages. Some papers have tried to compensate by running more editorials and columns online and launching more opinion-driven blogs. Some have shifted away from one of the historic missions of newspapers—influencing public opinion—and instead seek to foment community conversations online.

One thing that can be more easily measured is membership in the Association of Opinion Journalists:

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