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Eat local, shop local ... give local: small nonprofits can capitalize on millennial cohort's core value of civic-mindedness by emphasizing local ties
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The competition for donors is fiercer than ever as the nonprofit sector continues to expand. And, as the existing donor base ages, it becomes ...
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 ...
Lessons from the financial crisis: what have we learned? Business journalists speak out
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The 2008 global financial crisis sparked a growing appetite for business news and proved that it's now more important than ever to hold companies and governments accountable, and make the complex dealings of a new global ...
Transition to democracy: role conception of investigative journalists in South Africa during and after apartheid, Washington program, South African program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research study contributes to a body of work looking at investigative journalists' role conception in South Africa. This research is primarily ...
Exotic pet ownership in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
With the increase in environmental concerns facing our world, professional photojournalists are challenged to produce photographs that tell the story of current environmental issues. Learning how these environmental ...
Ecocentric framing of forest controversies in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Contentious issues involving human interactions with forests in the Ozark region of southern Missouri have surfaced repeatedly in recent decades. This ...
Women in sports journalism: hiring practices through a feminist lens
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This research was designed to find out how women are evaluated during the hiring process for positions in sports broadcast journalism. Interviews with a talent agent for broadcast news personnel, with the associate managing ...
Changing times in rural Alaska
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
In rural Alaska, bush pilots play a vital role "transporting people, cargo, and goods from cities to far-flung villages. In the past, they've also taken newspapers. But that all changed when the Internet came to town, in ...
Federal reserve chairs in the news: in-depth interviews with financial reporters on their coverage of Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This project examines how Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Chairman Ben Bernanke were covered in the news. This was analyzed and is relevant because of the historical significance of Chair Yellen's nomination and ...
The Tibetan Doctors: A Study of Chinese Non-governmental Organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Chinese non-governmental organizations have been an increasing force in Chinese society in the 21st Century but there are very few researches addressing them in the field of journalism. This study examines how Chinese ...
The clash of two images: China's media offensive in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
At a time when most Western newspaper and broadcasting companies are scaling back, China's state-run media organizations are fast growing and reaching into every corner of the world, especially in North America and Africa. ...
Political reporters' self-perception on social media : a study of the Los Angeles times Washington Bureau
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This case study examines how journalists express their professional and personal identities on social media by looking into a subset of political ...
How has the coverage of women in Southern Weekly changed during the past 25 years?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The study examined how Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly has portrayed women in the past 25 years by looking into the front-page articles of six sample years with an interval of five years. The researcher used content ...
What does 'fashion' look like : a study of fashion picture stereotypes in Washington community magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
My professional analysis was related to my summer 2012 photography internship at DC Life Magazine. During the internship I photographed fashion shows and models in Washington, and for the analysis I read and compared fashion ...
Views of the press and media strategies of Missouri state legislators: Statehouse reporter with the Jefferson City News Tribune
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
During eight interviews at the Missouri state Capitol, state lawmakers discussed their strategies of working through the press to advance their policy priorities. The lawmakers, who came from across the state, employ a ...
Nontraditional journalists on the front line of the digital transformation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In today's media landscape, news application or data visualization teams are often composed of people from such various backgrounds as ...
Campanilismo and its influences on Italian advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This study seeks a deeper understanding of the Italian social identity phenomenon campanilismo and to discover its influences on the creative strategies of domestic Italian advertising campaigns. Four advertising techniques: ...
Crafting the cake beneath the frosting: The editor's role in city magazine redesigns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This research explored reasons that city and regional magazines opt to redesign today, and what editors hope to accomplish as they re-envision content. It also examined what the redesign process entails and trends that ...
Good earth: Exploring Missouri's Old Lead Belt
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Unstructured in-depth interviews were used to explore the lasting influences the lead mining industry and its legacy have had on community perceptions and identity within Missouri's Old Lead Belt. The Old Lead Belt is a ...
Generational differences in the news media regarding an individual's right to privacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Throughout the research component of my master's professional project, I sought to effectively gauge the generational differences that may ...