Abstract
Most serious US news, meant to inform citizens and sustain democracy, comes from newspapers. But cuts in the face of shrinking circulation and advertising are eroding that base. Recent research suggests that news content is bifurcating. Larger, wealthier outlets continue the trends toward long, analytical stories quoting offi cials and groups and referring to other times and places. The pattern is clearest in political coverage, the core of public-spirited journalism. But smaller, less profi table organizations may be moving toward shorter, less analytical coverage of current, local events. Accident stories typify the new, emergent content. The internet adds reactions and opinions to both patterns. Two stories can illustrate.
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