Newspapers across the country are downsizing their staffs because of declining ad sales, falling circulation and increased competition from the Web. As a freelance reporter with a BA from Cornell and Fulbright Fellow in Creative Writing, Nina Siegal can discuss the consequences of the changing news market and illuminate
what will really happen if Americans abandon newsprint for the blogosphere.

CREDENTIALS: Nina Siegal is a freelance reporter whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Ms.. She is the author of A LITTLE
TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS (Harper Collins, 2008),
a novel about a newspaper reporter.

AVAILABILITY: New York, nationwide via telephone
and by appointment
CONTACT: Caroline Sun, (212) 207-7301 (NY); Caroline.sun@harpercollins.com