20 pgs., Twelve U.S. states were tasked with developing nutrient reduction strategies to help address hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. To better understand the kinds of messages different stakeholders in these states are likely to encounter about such strategies, we conducted a content analysis focused on the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (INRS). We examined 483 articles in two agricultural and two non-agricultural news outlets. We found that agricultural news outlets more often led with agricultural themes and more often used agricultural representatives as sources. The non-agricultural news outlets more often quoted representatives of environmental groups. News articles infrequently led with science or health themes. The volume of coverage over time in three of the four news outlets appeared followed similar issue attention cycles. Differences among the outlets may lead to differences in stakeholders’ knowledge or views about the INRS and conservation, posing challenges to consensus-building.
Freireich, Elliott (author), Fogler, Jim (author), Waltner, Jeremy (author), McLaughlin, Kaylie (author), Wagner, Ellen (author), Nash, Noel (author), van Zyl, Anton (author), Finklea, Betsy (author), Manko, Janet (author), Meyer, Eric (author), Bellune, Jerry (author), Martin, Brad (author), Sieve-Hicks Jen (author), Klomp, Marcie (author), Meier, Jill (author), and Whitney, Jonathan (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2020
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11787
Online via UI electronic subscription, Comments, ideas and concerns expressed by a selection of community newspaper publishers and editors about their adjustments in the face of economic and business impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
8 pages., Online via Ryerson Review of Journalism website. Published on February 19, 2020., Tara de Ryk, owner and publisher of a rural Saskatchewan weekly newspaper, decided after 21 years to retire from the newspaper business. This article describes how community interest in local news and an adventuresome spirit prompted her to conduct a give-away contest in late 2019. Interested persons were invited to write an essay (500 words maximum) about how they would be ideal owner and publisher of the Davidson Leader. The article describes the contest and winning entry, which led to change in ownership.
