Newspaper Research Journal back issues from January 1999:
Twin Cities journalists' assessment of topic teams.
Jan 01, 1999; ... Newsrooms have not been immune to management trends. Particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, newsroom managers have been willing to experiment with new, more efficient methods to run their operations, meet economic goals and handle technological changes. The topic team system is one of these ...
Chief justices' perceptions of news coverage of state supreme courts.
Jan 01, 1999; ... Although numerous scholars have examined the issue of news coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, researchers have virtually ignored the parallel and equally significant issue of media coverage of state supreme courts. A few earlier studies examined newspaper coverage of specific state ...
Ombudsmen's interactions with public through columns.
Jan 01, 1999; ... Newspapers that appoint an ombudsman hope to become more responsive to public concerns about the paper's performance.(1) Presumably, having an ombudsman respond to reader concerns enhances a newspaper's credibility(2) and studies of the public's perception of ombudsmen support this ...
Large dailies have improved coverage of religion in 1990s.
Jan 01, 1999; ... Thirty years ago Louis Cassels, religion editor of United Press International, identified several broad categories of religion(1) news that he said needed more and better attention in the press. These included coverage of institutional activities such as pastoral changes and revivals; ...
Leadlines may be better than traditional headlines.
Jan 01, 1999; ... Newspaper headlines are difficult and costly to write and often dangerous to publish. Headlines can mislead readers and sometimes hurt feelings and provoke lawsuits.(1) Leadlines - the lead of the story set in display type and used like a headline - are not commonly used by ...
Effects of foreign ownership on media content: Thomson papers' coverage of Quebec independence vote.
Jan 01, 1999; ... Critics and scholars have long worried about the power that media owners have to shape the content and ideas that reach the public. In the past four decades, as concentration of media ownership has increased, considerable effort has been focused on studying the impact of ownership ...
Corporate newspaper bashing: Is it justified?
Jan 01, 1999; ... Corporate newspapers are destroying good journalism and democratic principles. Or at least that's what most U.S. media pundits believe. <Pre> "Modern corporation management and packaging theories are sapping thevitality of creative editors and reporters," charges ...
Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalism in the Old West.(Review)
Jan 01, 1999; ... Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalism in the Old West by David Dary (New York: Knopf, 1998. $30) 345 pp. William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette never traded gunfire with an irate reader. Skill at street brawls with opposing editors was not one of William Rockhill Nelson's ...
The Literature of Journalism: Text and Context.(Review)
Jan 01, 1999; ... The Literature of Journalism: Text and Context by R. Thomas Berner (State College, Pennsylvania: Strata Publishing, 1999. $24.95) 288 pp. The Literature of Journalism: Text and Context joins a lineup of books released in the past couple of years that examine the development and ...