Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23819
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Reviewed 3/13/2006 at http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=83144, Via Poynteronline. 8 pages, Discusses values and methods of computer assisted reporting (CAR) programs at newspapers. Cites an example involving an investigative series, "Boss Hog, North Carolina pork revolution." Reporters used CAR to enrich some stories about links between Murphy Farms and state policies involving sewage disposition regulations on hog farms.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22269
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Science and Development Network. 2 pages., Summarizes results of a survey of media coverage relating to genetically modified crops in five developing countries. Reports that "news stories often lack critical analysis of the issues at stake, and rarely represent the views of farmers."