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On Wednesday, Pew released its eleventh annual State of the News Media report, featuring a wealth of data and analysis for journalists to chew over. The report underscored the optimism present in media this year, especially with the growth of serious digital reporting outfits. A crop of new digital outlets, such as those created by Pierre Omidyar with First Look Media and Ezra Klein with Vox spelled good news for the future. But while this dynamism is encouraging, the question of creating a sustainable financial model for journalism seems to remain elusive. Other encouraging signs included the growth of mobile ad revenues as well as video content at various news outlets. This week, we’re joined by special guests Amy Mitchell from Pew to discuss the report, as well as Adrienne LaFrance, who wrote an article about it for Quartz. We’ll also be joined by regulars Monica Guzman of the Seattle Times and Geekwire and NPR’s Elise Hu, with PBS MediaShift’s Mark Glaser hosting.