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Gatekeeping practices for online visual news : a content analysis of YouTube news videos on the Voice of America Mandarin Service
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service is one of language programs of the VOA funded by the United States governments. It has been ...
Group ideology of foreign conflict journalists : values and professional role
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Media scholars argue that journalistic values for a long time were analyzed within a Western framework where media is perceived as contributing to ...
The right way to be wrong : a search for the ideal online corrections policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is wide variance in how news organizations handle online corrections. Some follow expansive, transparent policies; others handle ...
Rape stories in Pakistan the flaws in the TV coverage : reasons and solutions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
According to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in 2015, 423 rapes and 304 incidents of gang rapes were reported in Pakistan. It's an ongoing issue in this part of the world that needs better media coverage. ...
How do we measure the impact of an investigative story? : impact measurement at WFAA-TV in Dallas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Creating impact is the number one goal of an investigative piece and simply defining this six-letter word is a highly discussed topic. But, here's the problem: how do you define impact? How do you measure it? Speaking with ...
Migrant mother, sister, daughter : women immigrants in the Bel Paese
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This project is comprised of two parts, a reporting project published on Medium about the lives of women migrants in Italy and a professional analysis of the practices of multilingual international journalists. The reporting ...
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 ...
Promotional strategies of media startup companies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Media startup companies are small. There are many platforms they can utilize to gather more readership. Social media accounts are a kind of owned media with lower costs. There are also paid platforms companies can use to ...
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 ...
Release, rewrite, recycle : how journalists take news releases and turn them into news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] News releases from governments, public relations professionals and enterprising individuals can be tantalizing grapes for story-hungry ...
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 ...
Local TVs engage audience through Facebook : the practice and the effect
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This analysis looks at the audience engagement efforts and effects on the Facebook pages of the local television stations in the mid-Missouri ...
Western journalists in China : journalistic practice and role perceptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In the era of growing globalization, media outlets are investing in a vigorous expansion of their international news coverage. Major Western media ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Online media as gatekeepers in the 2016 presidential debate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The third Republican presidential debate on CNBC attracted lots of coverage because of controversial performance of both moderators and candidates. I studied the coverage of the debate from the New York Times, USA Today, ...
The use of infographics in newspapers' business reporting about global market swing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In the spring of 2016, I took part in the Washington Program to finish the graduation project for my master's degree. I worked as an intern at Al Jazeera English for their program "The Stream". Through this internship, I ...
At your service: how an award-winning Denver magazine caters to its readers with its eye-popping service journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Service journalism takes over cover after cover of each monthly issue. The feature well contains one, two, sometimes three service pieces. At 5280, Denver's city magazine, service journalism drives sales and draws in loyal ...
The role of training in managing an integrated communications approach: observations at a small digital agency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This project focuses on the role of training in a small integrated communications agency. Specifically, it focuses on how training affects the successful management of integrated communications and how integrated agencies ...