Online editors agree that standards should be the same whether publishing online or in print. However, many say that online standards are affected negatively by the speed of publishing and the lack of an adequate number of online staff.
This study updates the research on international and foreign news coverage of U.S. network news with a content analysis of almost 10,000 stories from 1972 to 1989. The results suggest that network news has presented a fairly consistent picture of foreign news over time and that there is little difference between the three networks. A minor increase in on-site correspondent reports has occurred over time, and the difference between in-studio and on-site reports is stronger when time, rather than frequency of stories, is the unit of analysis. Finally, foreign coverage is geographically unbalanced and emphasizes disruption more than domestic coverage does.
Electronic database searching opens new avenues for newspaper research. One strategy for evaluating quality of newspapers is to compare newspapers for spelling, grammar and style errors. An electronic database search was utilized to evaluate the editing precision of 58 news organizations and their ratings were compared to their Pulitzer Prize records. A non-linear relationship was found. Winning a small number of Pulitzers correlates positively with editing precision, but the effect diminishes rapidly with additional Pulitzer Prizes.
A review of case law dealing with the identification of rape victims reveals both ongoing tensions among court, press, and victims, and continuing constitutional concerns. This study finds that public records laws that shield identities of rape victims shift the burden to public officials to protect the victims, and some victims have successfully sued when their names were inadvertently released to the press. This has had a chilling effect on officials. Because the legal avenues recommended by advocates of the protection of rape victim identities face constitutional and practical obstacles, the decision of whether to publish names or not seems—for now—to be left up to the press.
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