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The international news publications' coverage of China's recent economic slowdown
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There has been significant media coverage about the slowdown of the Chinese economy in the past year and a half. However, the attitudes that media ...
Applying science writing crediting practices to social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
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Cooking up a sports feature story: dissecting the writer-editor decisions and operations that lead to sports features making it to publication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
As story structures and distribution models in journalism change, storytelling remains a valuable asset to writers and editors, especially in sports departments. But before you can tell a story, you need a topic. I aimed ...
How university public relations departments choose medical research to promote
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Research actively promoted by universities is much more likely to gain mainstream news coverage than other research. A close look at how such promoted ...
Documenting Trenton : editing and design of the 65th Missouri Photo Workshop photo book
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Every day hundreds of millions of photographs are produced around the world, yet only a tiny fraction ever get published. The mass media ...
The challenges of reporting on poverty
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Reporters who cover poverty face unique challenges, such as finding stories, making their stories compelling for middle-class readers, avoiding the ...
Journalism in an emerging power : how the roles of journalists are evolving in India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Aware that independent journalism is at risk in their country, seven Indian journalists from different cultural and professional backgrounds discuss how they perceive their role in India's current political and economic ...
Framing Ferguson: a content analysis of St. Louis news media coverage of the Ferguson protests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The killing of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014 sparked protests that thrust the St. Louis suburb into the national media spotlight. Since then, similar protests ...
There's no crying in sports journalism: a qualitative study on reporter burnout
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This research set out to investigate the causes of burnout in sports journalism. Sports journalists working in a mid-sized market in the Midwest were the primary focus for this research. The age and gender of the participants ...
What we talk about when we talk about climate change : storytelling in the anthropocene
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Fifty years ago, a scientific advisory committee informed President Lyndon B. Johnson about the threat of climate change, writing, "Man is unwittingly conducting a vast geophysical experiment," and we've been grappling ...
My quest for my (Southern) voice in narrative writing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
A writer's voice creates the relationship between readers and the page. It's a conversation that the writer has with readers. And it's a writers signature, a personal identifier. Because voice is rendered by the collective ...
A study of mapping's roles in disaster news coverage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In disaster news coverage, data journalists use maps as an important tool to convey geographical information. Data journalists employ a great diversity ...
Birth controlled: A case study of 2014 contraception news frames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This case study examines 2014 news articles, op-eds, and opinions from Fox News and CNN to identify how news organizations with perceived political ...
Journalistic norms, ethics, and practices at EWTN
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Worth pursuing? An analysis into the relevance of the newspaper endorsement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This professional analysis looks into the practice of the newspaper endorsement and its relevancy in today's news consuming environment. It consists of nine semi-structured interviews from individuals with a range of jobs ...
In the high country : crafting long-form stories on recreation and the environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Magazine deck: The journalism profession needs to develop a process of best practices for avoiding cliche in environmental stories by treading a thin line between familiarity with a story arc that resonates with a reader ...
Editing and marketing a photography book
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Photojournalists often sacrifice their personal relationships, their health and sometimes even their lives to create compelling images that tell important stories. But if photography is not seen, then it cannot tell a ...
Investigative reporting, digital security and source protection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Obama administration has been historically unfriendly to journalists and their whistleblowing counterparts. The U.S. Department of Justice has ...
Framing same-sex marriage : a comparative textual analysis of Maryland newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The framing of social issues in media coverage is an important and salient topic. In the 2012 elections, same-sex marriage was not yet Constitutionally protected and was on four states' ballots as a ballot measure. Newspaper ...
How we remember the 9/11 attacks changed in public radio talks from 2001 to 2011
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The collective memories of the 9/11 attacks provide a context to understanding and analyzing post-9/11 policies, the war on terror and how safe America ...