With the rise of online media, traditional newsrooms are feeling the pressure. More than 750 reporters and editors have been cut from newspapers across the nation, including the San Jose Mercury News and the New York Times. Today, less than half of the Mercury News' staff from 2000 remains.

Along with layoffs, newspapers have had to sever portions of their companies just to stay afloat. According to a former tech reporter for the Mercury News, "I guess the worst thing that could happen is the business could fall off a cliff the way the music business did."

And according to a study recently released by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, things could be heading that way. Newspaper sections that have suffered the most include real estate, help wanted, and automotive sections. There has also been a sharp drop in average circulations — 2.5% for dailies and 3.5% for Sunday editions.

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