Findings of a content analysis and interviews with journalists and residents implied that journalists chose and shaped their risk related messages according to their own exigencies and that the influence of newspapers was mitigated by resident distrust and access to other information sources such as personal information networks.
Report of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award winner in the category, Feature reporting - photography. The Des Moines (Iowa) Register newspaper created a photo documentary of every county fair in the state (100 fairs in 99 counties). Published 100 photos in a series that "capture the essence of rural Iowan society."
Cassels, Alan (author), Hughes, Merrilee A. (author), Cole, Carol (author), Mintzes, Barbara (author), Lexschin, Joel (author), and McCormack, James P. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2003-04-29
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22096
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23816
Notes:
Via Poynteronline. 3 pages, "If you want to practice journalism with a difference, mimic the military. Embed journalists everywhere. Embed them where people live, work, play, and pray. Embed them in neighborhoods, urban areas, rural areas, corporations, nonprofits, hospitalsl, families, retirement communities, conservative centers and liberal lodges." Author describes benefits.
