According to a study released on Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Six in ten Americans (59%) get news from a combination of online and offline sources on a typical day. Other findings include:

• 33% of cell phone owners now access news on their cell phones.
• 28% of internet users have customized their home page to include news from sources and on topics that particularly interest them.
• 37% of internet users have contributed to the creation of news, commented about it, or disseminated it via postings on social media sites like Facebook or Twitter.
• 78% of Americans say they get news from a local TV station
• 73% say they get news from a national network such as CBS or cable TV station such as CNN or FoxNews
• 61% say they get some kind of news online
• 54% say they listen to a radio news program at home or in the car
• 50% say they read news in a local newspaper
• 17% say they read news in a national newspaper such as the New York Times or USA Today.

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