Another critical, though sometimes less prominent part of election news reporting, is the amount of coverage devoted to issues. Issue coverage is important in that [...]
State and local campaign coverage sees greater time on page than federal race coverage Each story was classified based on whether it focused on a [...]
We examined 428 newspaper stories from the websites of eight local newspapers across six states (California, Florida, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington). Only news articles [...]
A broad, data-driven analysis of campaign coverage by the Engaging News Project and the American Press Institute shows how local, state, and federal elections are [...]
Research from API shows that the ethics of taking grants from foundations and gifts from donors to produce news are not fully charted and not [...]
Press conferences, interviews, telephone calls — these are the traditional ways in which journalists source their stories. Today, however, many more options are available. From [...]
NPR announced this week that it would discontinue story-page comments on Aug. 23, in favor of engaging with its readers in other spaces, such as [...]
After getting your hands on a data set, the hardest part of incorporating data analysis into your beat is getting started — and avoiding beginners’ [...]
Newspapers have explored a variety of options to keep costs down, but one possibility — outsourced copy-editing — comes with a substantial fear that the [...]
Incorporating data into the daily newsroom grind can feel overwhelming, especially for smaller publications that may need to train writers on how to use data [...]
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