The State of the News Media 2008: Newspaper Content Analysis

Journalism.org | Mar. 17, 2008 (Special Report)

In 2007, despite...a rush of resources away from print...newspapers stood out in 2007 for unique coverage. Their particular strength...may be less covering breaking news than tracking stories that percolated, ebbed and flowed over the course of the year. The nation's newspapers gave front-page coverage to issues and events often not found in other news genres. The state of the U.S. economy, the continuing debate over health care policies and foreign news ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article provides stimulative input, but raises many questions about how the data was gathered and valued. With media concentration, does this report overemphasize monolithic media pandering to rich shoppers? The WSJ covers economic stories and the health care industry more because they cater to rich investors, and that is the WSJ specialty. The quality and viewpoint diversity of the coverage should perhaps be the prime measure of the social good of journalism, rather than how many stories can put us to sleep. The review of radio and online ignored the diversity found there, and looked first at whether they were making money. Making money is not the prime social good, despite what my local megachurch says.

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