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News outlets grapple with a changing audience

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/14/2007, 10:00 a.m.

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News consumers appear to be separating into two groups -- those interested in hard news and those who want the latest on celebrities like Paris Hilton. Where does that leave those in the middle? Kerri Miller discusses the issue with one of the authors of a new report on the state of American journalism.

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  • Dante Chinni: Senior associate with the Project for Excellence in Journalism and a columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. He's one of the authors of PEJ's "State of the News Media 2007" report.

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