Browsing Journalism Masters Projects (MU) - Freely available online by Thesis Semester "2016 Fall"
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Collective cookbook : best practices in visual archiving between news organizations and individual collections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Newsroom research has begun to place a focus on digital news archival practices, attempting to identify ways to best preserve what many consider the first draft of history. This study refines the concept of archiving by ... -
A content analysis of covering Nepal : how reporting differs between international journalists and local journalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)International journalists and local journalists usually have different perspectives on covering an event. What may be news for the local journalist may not be considered newsworthy enough for the international journalist ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Manipulating the Mexican press : the Mexican government's regulatory role in freedom of information, gatekeeping and eliciting self-censorship among the press
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The project examines the provisions of the Ley Federal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública Gubernamental, Mexico's progressive freedom of information law. The law is considered one of the most progressive ... -
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. ... -
Writing to inspire : determining which stories prompt a hierarchy of social activism response
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Journalists have for many years used narrative tools to write impactful news stories. Men like new journalism pioneer Tom Wolfe may not have been surprised that a narrative-style feature story made the majority of research ...