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Public-powered journalism in local news reporting: public opinion research for local newsroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
institutions, and audience researchers in the communication industries to gain insight and recommendations in public opinion and audiences research methods that could potentially help local newsrooms and journalists to improve their understanding...
Investing in newsrooms during the layoff era
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
that reverse dwindling circulation numbers remain a worthy pursuit. This study examines medium-sized newspapers from around the country during what's described as the "layoff era" -- the period of time following the economic recession that began in 2007...
Does the mainstream media need to bring back the ombudsman to restore credibility and trust?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Despite a slight increase since2016, the public’s low level of trust in the mainstream media is of deep concern for the future of journalism. Nearly half the people surveyed recently indicated that inaccuracies, bias and fake news as factors...
Media framing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Changes to the U.S. tax system can have significant impacts on individuals, and the media is often where the public turns to for information and explanation of the changes...
Let’s collab : exploring what makes collaborations in public media newsrooms succeed (or fail)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Public media has become a leader in collaboration to combat news deserts. Many public radio editors have cited clear benefits to collaborations such as better in-depth coverage of issues like health, agriculture, race and guns. In this article...
Social bots versus real humans : the framing of 'Trump's Wall' on Twitter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Around the globe, elites are using social media and computational propaganda to manipulate public opinion, (Bradshaw and Howard, 2018) increasingly degrading the traditional news media's gatekeeping function while building a symbiotic relationship...
Fixing news deserts, the public radio way
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
costly or difficult for a sinlge entity to produce. This study examines how one collaborative project in the American South is attempting to fix 'news deserts' by creating a regional newsroom integrated by National Public Radio and several of its...
Behind the coverage : how the international media cover the U.S.-China trade war?
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
's biggest economics began to take tariffs into action with each other, this so-called "trade war" have been on the top page of mainstream media for almost one year and a half. This explorative research examines the way that the journalists cover this issue...
The moneymakers: business publications and alternative revenue streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
that appeal to the publication's audience and the consumers of the brand. Alternative revenue streams fill in much of the gaps and serve as a supplement to traditional streams of revenue, including subscriptions and advertising. Publishers and editors...
We can work it out : understanding local and national collaborative reporting projects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
It is no secret how drastically the field of journalism has changed within the last several decades. And as resources dwindle in newsrooms across the country, collaboration has emerged as one way to counteract economic hardships facing the industry...
Pivot to what? The metajournalistic discourse surrounding Facebook's "push to video"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study combined textual analyses and qualitative interviews to explore the discourse among journalists regarding the industry’s “pivot to video,” a trend which saw mass layoffs of non-video journalists in favor of ...
Feminist theory as it relates to business leaderhip content : a case of patriarchal dominant society structure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study is an exploration of the business leadership content that exists to serve as a resource for the development of the leadership role, the ...
How U.S. broadcast journalists cover news about Russia during American presidential
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Russian interference in the 2016 election is often brought up in the U.S. media because the investigation is ongoing. The 2020 presidential ...
The role of newsletters in the future of independent journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
News organizations have innovated new methods of reaching the audience directly as the industry shifts to consumer supported revenue models. One strategy that has created buzz and is circulated widely, is the Email Newsletter. ...
Women in newsroom still feel undervalued compared to their male coworkers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
for improvement in how newsrooms treat their female employees. Female journalists believe that even in newsrooms that have responded to gender-inclusivity movements and changed policies, this is often for fear of public scrutiny rather than an actual cultural...
Application of algorithms in newsrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This research examines how early journalistic adopters of algorithms gained skills necessary to work with automation and artificial intelligence in newsrooms. The researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with eight ...
To quit or not to quit : voluntary turnover among Millennial English-language journalists in Indonesia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This qualitative study investigates the voluntary turnover and job satisfaction among millennial English-language journalists in Indonesia in order to understand why young journalists leave their news organization or ...
The great resignation : TV news, women, and the change they need
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
in television news with an emphasis on gender-driven issues. Participants consisted of women who are former television news journalists and current public relations practitioners, and the findings from this research support the unfolding theory of turnover...
Exploring the intersections of advocacy, objectivity, and solutions reporting in environmental journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The field of environmental journalism has oscillated between the poles of advocacy and objectivity throughout its evolution. In its beginnings in the 1960s, environmental reporting was often viewed as closely associated ...
Understanding the process for producing presidential campaign coverage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
so. This area of research is essential for reflecting on how journalists decide to inform the public about an integral function of the United States democracy and the future leader of the country, who ultimately will yield a great deal of power...