A new report from Project for Excellence in Journalism should make good reading for us media types:

The State of the News Media 2008, PEJ’s newest annual report [5th edition] on the status and health of American journalism, is now online at www.stateofthenewsmedia.org. The study analyzes the major trends in the main media sectors and features: a Year in the News; a Survey of Journalists; a look at the Future of Advertising; an analysis of Citizen Media sites and more.

If the report proves to be too scary for you, you may be interested to know the 2008-09 editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Guide to Industries is now available.