Online U.S. edition of the Guardian newspaper. 4 pages., "Local journalism is doing great work across the country while fighting cutbacks and tight budgets. But we need people to stop expecting news to be free.
6 pages., Online via publication website., Author examines the approaches taken by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in reporting on climate change.
23 pages., Online via open access., How is bilateral development cooperation communicated about in the news? How does a donor agency communicate for and about development? And what are the links between one and the other? This article focuses on a 2016 expose reported on Swedish public television about alleged corruption in aid to Zambia, reflecting failure of both donor and recipient. Authors focus on the news media as mediator of the donor's communication with its tax-paying audiences and demonstrated potentials of an integrated conceptual approach to communication for and about development. Findings reveal greater media coverage of financial accountability than on doing good for Zambian citizens.
"It is not the job of an ag news broadcaster or agricultural journalist to be an 'advocate'." ..."covering all sides of a story is a responsibility for any reporter."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10392
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Online from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York. 9 pages., "Is it a conflict of interest for a columnist who covers food and agriculture to take money from agrichemical industry interest groups?"
